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Coalition Against Legalizing Marijuana
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| Coalition Against Legalizing Marijuana | |
| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Type: | PAC |
| Top official: | Jeff Kaye |
| Year founded: | 2015 |
| Website: | Official website |
As of 2019, Coalition Against Legalizing Marijuana (CALM NV) was a PAC that opposes the legalization of marijuana in Nevada. The group was also known as the Campaign Against Legalizing Marijuana.[1] The committee opposed Nevada's 2016 Marijuana Legalization Initiative.[2]
Mission
According to CALM NV, the PAC's mission was described as follows:[3]
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The Coalition Against Legalizing Marijuana in Nevada (CALM-NV) will actively fight all attempts to legalize recreational marijuana use in Nevada.[4] |
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Background
CALM NV was founded by Jeff Kaye, a lobbyist. Kaye was a senior member of the Las Vegas-based conservative political consulting firm, Red Rock Strategies.[5] Kaye described CALM NV as "just a grass-roots organization who are against drugs getting in people's hands."[6] In its Nevada Secretary of State filings, CALM NV stated that it was a "a group of parents, public safety officials, doctors, teachers and concerned citizens."[7][6]
Political activity
Ballot measure activity
CALM NV, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, failed to file any documents with the Nevada Secretary of State by the May 24 or June 10 deadlines.[1]
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details CALM NV's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for CALM NV | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Amount | Status |
| Nevada Marijuana Legalization, Question 2 (2016) | 2016 |  [8] |
$0[2] |  Approved
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs nameddeadline - ↑ 2.0 2.1 SOS Nevada, "Coalition Against Legalizing Marijuana - Nevada (CALM NV)," accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ Facebook, "CALM NV, About," accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Red Rock Strategies, "The Team," accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Las Vegas Review Journal, "Nevada fight for legal pot won't be cheap — POLL," November 21, 2015
- ↑ SOS Nevada, "Coalition Against Legalizing Marijuana - Nevada (CALM NV) registration," accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Contributions mount for PAC backing legalization of recreational marijuana," June 22, 2016
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