Unlikely Allies: Major Coalitions Unite to Brief Hill Staffers on Cannabis Policy Priorities
In the wake of a contentious midterm election and looking ahead to 2023, two major cannabis coalitions that touch on different parts of the political spectrum have come together to put forward a united front.
The Marijuana Justice Coalition, a group that aims to “advocate for federal marijuana reform through a racial and economic justice lens,” and the Cannabis Freedom Alliance, a coalition group that seeks to end the federal criminalization of cannabis and create a “free and open market,” met in a virtual Hill briefing on Thursday. Nearly 50 congressional staffers from both parties, and lobbyists, attended the advocacy briefing, titled “Pardon our Cynicism: More Action Needed on Marijuana Convictions…”
Speakers included: Maritza Perez of the Drug Policy Alliance, Jeremiah Mosteller of Americans for Prosperity, Aamra Ahmad of the American Civil Liberties Union, Weldon Angelos of Mission Green, Nithya Nathan-Pineau of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Jillian Snider of the R Street Institute…
Mosteller said that one of the aspects of the conversation that he found most “encouraging” was the diversity of the voices in the room, from the ACLU and DPA to the R Street Institute and Americans for Prosperity…
