Marijuana Policy Project
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| Marijuana Policy Project | |
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| Website | www.mpp.org |
| Founded | 1995, by Rob Kampia and Chuck Thomas |
| Headquarters | Washington D.C. , United States |
| Industry | Non-profit |
The Marijuana Policy Project, or MPP, is an organization founded in 1995 in the United States. The goal of the MPP is to remove criminal penalties for possession or use of marijuana. A specific emphasis is also placed on making medical marijuana available to people who are seriously ill and would benefit from its effects.
As of 2009, the MPP has 27,000 members, 100,000 e-mail subscribers, 36 staffers, and an annual budget of about $6 million. [1]
History
Rob Kampia and Chuck Thomas founded the Marijuana Policy Project in 1995. Initially, it was "a bare-bones operation that operated out of Rob's apartment."[2]
Founding
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Current objectives and activities
The Marijuana Policy Project has four current goals.
1. Increase public support for non-punitive, non-coercive marijuana policies.
2. Identify and activate supporters of non-punitive, non-coercive marijuana policies.
3. Change state laws to reduce or eliminate penalties for the medical and non-medical use of marijuana.
4. Gain influence in Congress. [4]
Organizational structure
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Achievements
The MPP has achieved many significant feats over the course of its short existence. These accomplishments include: reduced penalties for marijuana cultivation resulting in the early release of hundreds of prisoners; introducing medical marijuana bills to Congress, with debating and voting taking place every year from 2003 to 2007; and the legalization of medical marijuana in 13 states with more coming soon. [6]
Public perception and controversies
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References
- ↑ http://www.mpp.org/jobs/
- ↑ http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n237/a06.html?127
- ↑ John Q. Sample, Why and How Interest Group X Was Founded. City: Publisher, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.mpp.org/about/mission-statement.html
- ↑ First Author and Second Author, "The Organizational Structure of Interest Group X," Fake Journal of Nonexistent Scholarship 36:2 (2015) pp. 36-52.
- ↑ http://www.mpp.org/about/history.html