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Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
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| Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Affiliation: | Marijuana Policy Project |
| Top official: | Rob Kampia, Executive director |
| Website: | Official website |
As of 2019, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMLA) was part of a movement that aimed to organize and support state-level ballot initiatives to legalize and regulate the use of marijuana. CRMLA—registered as multiple ballot committees in Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada to support ballot initiatives during the 2016 election cycle—was affiliated with the Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that sought to enact marijuana policy reform.[1][2]
Mission
As an affiliate of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol shared the following MPP mission statement:[3]
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1. Increase public support for non-punitive, non-coercive marijuana policies. |
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Background
The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMLA) was part of a movement led by the Marijuana Policy Project in order to organize and support state-level ballot initiatives to legalize and regulate marijuana. Since CRMLA is organized as separate, state-level ballot committees, each group can accept contributions and make expenditures to support or oppose ballot initiatives according to their respective state laws.[5]
CRMLA supported successful marijuana legalization ballot initiatives in Colorado and Alaska during the 2012 and 2014 election cycles, respectively. In 2016, the campaign was registered as a ballot committee in Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada to support ballot initiatives to legalize and regulate marijuana. In addition, the Marijuana Policy Project worked as part of a coalition of groups to support Proposition 64, a 2016 ballot measure to legalize and regulate marijuana in California.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Political activity
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) has supported legislation and ballot initiatives at the state and federal levels to legalize medical and recreational marijuana in addition to reducing criminal and civil penalties for marijuana offenders. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMLA) aimed to organize and support MPP's ballot initiative campaigns.[5]
Ballot measure activity
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details CRMLA's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for CRMLA | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Result |
| Maine Marijuana Legalization, Question 1 (2016) | 2016 | Support[1] |  Approved
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| California Proposition 64, Marijuana Legalization (2016) | 2016 | Support[1] | Approved
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| Nevada Marijuana Legalization, Question 2 (2016) | 2016 | Support[1] | Approved
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| Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization, Question 4 (2016) | 2016 | Support[1] | |
| Alaska Marijuana Legalization, Ballot Measure 2 (2014) | 2014 | Support[11] | Approved
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| Colorado Marijuana Legalization Initiative, Amendment 64 (2012) | 2012 | Support[10] | Approved
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Leadership
The following individuals held leadership positions with the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol during the 2016 election cycle:[12]
- Rob Kampia, Marijuana Policy Project executive director
- Matt Schweich, Director of state campaigns
- Zach Mauldin, Compliance officer
- Heather Azzi, Campaigns analyst
- David Boyer, Maine political director
- Jordan DeCoster, Maine deputy campaign manager
- Adam Kinsey, Arizona campaign manager
- Carlos Alfaro, Arizona political director
- Will Luzier, Massachusetts campaign manager
- Jim Borghesani, Massachusetts spokesperson
- Kim Napoli, Massachusetts spokesperson
- Will Adler, Nevada political director
Recent news
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See also
- Marijuana Policy Project
- Marijuana laws ballot measures
- History of marijuana ballot measures and laws
External links
- Marijuana Policy Project homepage
- Marijuana Policy Project of California homepage
- Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol-Massachusetts homepage
- Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol-Arizona homepage
- Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol-Maine homepage
- Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol-Nevada homepage
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Marijuana Policy Project, "Ballot initiative campaigns," accessed August 10, 2016
- ↑ GuideStar, "Marijuana Policy Project," accessed August 10, 2016
- ↑ Marijuana Policy Project, "Mission statement," accessed August 10, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Marijuana Policy Project, "Our history," accessed August 10, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol-Campaign Finance Report," June 30, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "State of Nevada PAC Registration Form-Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol," February 10, 2016
- ↑ Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance, "Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Massachusetts, 2014 Initial Report," June 27, 2014
- ↑ Maine Commission Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, "Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 ACLU, "ACLU Joins Campaign To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol," accessed Augusts 10, 2016
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Alaska, "Home," accessed August 10, 2016
- ↑ Marijuana Policy Project, "MPP staff," accessed August 10, 2016
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