A new cannabis coalition seeking to influence federal policy was recently launched and is called the Coalition for Cannabis Policy, Education and Regulation (CPEAR).
The CPEAR Coalition has not only enlisted cannabis policy experts, academics, mental health experts, and law enforcement, it also includes tobacco and alcohol companies as well as several convenience store partners, explained its executive director Andrew Freedman, whom many may remember as Colorado’s cannabis czar in 2014 when then-Gov. John Hickenlooper was implementing the world’s first legal adult-use cannabis market.
