Press Releases
Jul 21, 2022
ACLU Comment on Senate Introduction of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
WASHINGTON — In response to Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Sens. Booker and Wyden today introducing the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, Aamra Ahmad, senior polic...
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Criminal Law Reform
Apr 01, 2022
ACLU Issues Statement on House Passage of MORE Act
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, HR 3617 today.
Aamra Ahmad, American Civil Liberties Uni...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Mar 31, 2022
ACLU Calls on House to Pass the MORE Act
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives today encouraging leg...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Aug 18, 2021
ACLU-NJ Issues ‘Baseline Cannabis Plan’ for New Regulations to Meet Initial Benchmarks for Justice
Platform includes equitable ways to spend revenue, create a diverse industry, and have meaningful public participation as a standard for Cannabis Regulatory Commission’s forthcoming regulations
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
May 28, 2021
ACLU Statement on MORE Act Introduction
WASHINGTON — Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, along with Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Barbara Lee, introduced the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Exp...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Mar 31, 2021
NYCLU on New York Legalizing Marijuana for Adult Use
ALBANY, N.Y. – Today, Governor Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) into law, the nation’s most comprehensive policy to legalize, tax, and regulate mar...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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