by windyborman | Oct 26, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes
Anastacia “Stacia” Cosner is the Deputy Director for Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Stacia got involved with drug policy when she joined the campus SSDP chapter as a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2005. The next year, she was elected...
by windyborman | Aug 10, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes
Karen O’Keefe manages grassroots and direct lobbying efforts in state legislatures for the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States — the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). Karen and her team played a key role in the passage of the only two...
by windyborman | Jul 25, 2016 | 2016 Marijuana Campaigns, Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
“2016 is a record year for marijuana drug policy reform,” observes Karen O’Keefe, Director of State Policies for Marijuana Policy Project. When we sat down with her last week, O’Keefe shared that as of July 2016, there are 25 states that allow medical marijuana, and...
by windyborman | Jul 6, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes
Lindsay Robinson is the Executive Director of the California Cannabis Industry Association, the most influential statewide trade association representing the cannabis industry. CCIA was instrumental in passing the Governor’s trailer bill and SB 94, which reconciled...
by windyborman | Jun 30, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director, Notes from the Field
Oakland, California hosted the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) Business Summit and Expo last week, and we were there to document it for “Mary Janes: The Women of Weed”. I was thrilled to return to the Bay Area for a few days. I lived in the...