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| 1. | Name: | Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) | |||||||||
| 2. | Medical Marijuana Position: | Pro to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?" | |||||||||
| 3. | Reasoning: |
"Physicians should be able to recommend the drugs they think are best for their patients. The patients shouldn't be made to be criminals for using it." (2002) |
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| 4. | Credibility Ranking: |
 Those individuals and organizations involved in
the Medical Marijuana debate which do not fit into the other star
categories.
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| 5. | Organization | ||||||||||
| A. Mission: |
"The Marijuana Policy Project's purpose is to develop and promote policies to minimize the harm associated with marijuana." |
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| B. Description: |
"The Marijuana Policy Project's purpose is to develop and promote policies to minimize the harm associated with marijuana. Accordingly, MPP researches the public health, economic, social, criminal justice, and other effects of marijuana consumption and the prohibition thereof; formulates realistic, utilitarian marijuana-related regulations and policies; works with the appropriate agencies, such as Congress, the executive branch, the courts, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and other government bodies to implement such policies and to amend those to the contrary; and increases public confidence in such policies through speaking engagements, educational seminars, the mass media, and other means." |
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| C. Structure: | Non-profit 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 | ||||||||||
| D. Members / Constituents: |
18,000 paid members | ||||||||||
| $8 million (2007) | |||||||||||
| F. Sr. Executive: | Rob Kampia | ||||||||||
| G. Title: | Executive Director | ||||||||||
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| I: # of offices: | 1 | ||||||||||
| J: Staff: | 22 |
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