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Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)

Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America

December 4, 2018 by Allen St. Pierre Leave a Comment

By Allen St. Pierre Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal […]

Filed Under: Policy & Legal Tagged With: American Civil Liberties Union, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), Attorney General Eric Holder, Barack Obama, California’s Prop 19, Cannabis Prohibition, Cole memos, Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), Evergreen—The Road To Legalization In Washington State, Gil Kerlikowske, Jack Herer, Marijuana Business Daily, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), Mason Tvert, Nancy Pelosi, National Organization for Marijuana Laws (NORML), Oaksterdam University, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Ogden Memo, Paul Armentano, Paul Stanford, Richard Lee, Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), Shirley Halperin, Steve Bloom, Steve Fox, The Emperor Wears No Clothes

Marijuana Policy Project Adds Three New Members to Board of Directors

October 9, 2018 by Press Release Leave a Comment

Regulate and Tax Marijuana Like Alcohol

PRESS RELEASE The new board members include former Colorado State House Leader and Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace, who will also serve as a senior policy advisor; Sheri Orlowitz, a former Justice Department prosecutor and founder of Artemis Holdings Group; and Les Szabo, who will represent Dr. Bronner’s WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest marijuana policy […]

Filed Under: Industry People, Press Releases Tagged With: Les Szabo, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), Sal Pace, Sheri Orlowitz, Steve Hawkins

Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America

September 26, 2018 by Allen St. Pierre Leave a Comment

Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal level regarding cannabis policy. […]

Filed Under: Policy & Legal Tagged With: American Civil Liberties Union, Drug Policy Alliance, Ed Rosenthal, John Walters, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Tommy Chong, US Supreme Court

Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America

July 25, 2018 by Allen St. Pierre Leave a Comment

Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal level regarding cannabis policy. […]

Filed Under: Policy & Legal Tagged With: Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics (ACT), CADCA, Cannabis Action Network (CAN), Capricorn Records, Compassionate Investigative New Drug Program (IND), Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Drug Policy Foundation (DPF), Ethan Nadelmann, Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), Governor Pete Wilson, Hemp Industries Association (HIA), High Times, Jack Herer, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), National Association of Attorney Generals, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), National Sheriffs Association, President Clinton, PRIDE, Prop. 215, Rob Kampia, Robert Randall, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, The Lindesmith Center (TLC)

Marijuana Policy Project Retains Mason Tvert to Serve as National Spokesperson, Coordinate Media Relations

May 18, 2018 by Press Release Leave a Comment

PRESS RELEASE Tvert, a partner at VS Strategies, co-directed the successful 2012 Colorado legalization initiative campaign and helped pass several successful marijuana policy reforms as MPP’s communications director from 2013-2017 WASHINGTON — The Marijuana Policy Project announced Friday it has retained Mason Tvert of VS Strategies to serve as its national spokesperson and coordinate media relations […]

Filed Under: Industry People, Press Releases Tagged With: Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), Mason Tvert, Matt Schweich, VS Strategies

Smith’s Act of Contrition and the Battle to be “The Voice of the Cannabis Industry”

May 1, 2018 by Rob Meagher Leave a Comment

Over the last few weeks, there have been a number of announcements and articles that are connected to the behind the scenes posturing taking place to determine the “Voice of the Cannabis Industry”. Two weeks ago, we all read about the deal struck between Trump and Cory Gardner of Colorado and CBE even posted an […]

Filed Under: News & Insights, Op-Ed Tagged With: 4Front Ventures, American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp (ATACH), Americans for Safe Access, Arcview Group, Canuvo, Donald Trump, Drug Policy Alliance, Ean Seeb, Genifer Murray, Glenn Peterson, Harborside, Henry Wykowsi, Kayvan Khalatbari, Kris Krane, Livwell Enlightened Health, Marijuana Business Magazine, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), National Cannabis Industry Association, Neal Levine, New Federalism Fund, NORML, Rob Kampia, Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), Steve DeAngelo, Steve Fox, The Cannabis Alliance, Troy Dayton, VS Strategies, Western Regional Cannabis Business Association (WRCBA)

Conflict of Interest and the Seven Deadly Sins

March 6, 2018 by Rob Meagher Leave a Comment

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the term conflict of interest as: a conflict between the private interests and the official responsibilities of a person in a position of trust It goes on to include the legal definition of conflict of interest as follows:   1: a conflict between the private interests and the official or professional […]

Filed Under: Opinions Tagged With: ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Capitalism, Conflict of Interest, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), Merriam Webster Dictionary, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), NCIA, Public-Private partnership, Rob Meagher, Seven Deadly Sins, The Drug Policy Alliance

Two Board Members Resign at NCIA

January 19, 2018 by Rob Meagher Leave a Comment

Breaking News Amid allegations of multiple problems at the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) that went public in the pages of CBE Press over the past couple of weeks, two board members have officially resigned. CBE Press has learned that Neal Levine, Senior VP of Government Affairs at LivWell Enlightened Health, has stepped down as […]

Filed Under: News & Insights Tagged With: Aaron Smith, Kayvan Khalatbari, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), Neal Levine, Rob Kampia

Feds Can’t Interfere: Appropriations Committee Approves Amendment Again, Adds Two More States

July 27, 2017 by David Hodes 1 Comment

In a move closely watched by the cannabis industry, an amendment by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee, was approved Thursday, giving another year of protection from federal interference to medical marijuana businesses in states where it has been legalized. The amendment, the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment (see link here) amends the Commerce, […]

Filed Under: Compliance and Regulations, Policy & Legal Tagged With: House Appropriations Committee, House of Representatives, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), National Cannabis Industry Association, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), Quinnipiac University National Poll, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

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