Illinois Lawmakers to Announce Next Step for
Proposal to Regulate and Tax #Marijuana for Adult Use; Local and National
Organizations to Launch Coalition in Support of Ending Marijuana Prohibition in
Illinois
On Wednesday at 10 a.m. CT, Sen. Heather
Steans and Rep. Kelly Cassidy will join the newly formed Coalition for a Safer
Illinois for a news conference at the Thompson Center in Chicago
CHICAGO - April 11, 2017 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Sponsors
of a proposal to regulate and tax marijuana for adult use in Illinois will join
local and national marijuana policy reform advocates for a news conference on
Wednesday to announce the next step for the legislation and launch a coalition
that will support it. The event is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. CT in the
James R. Thompson Center Press Room on the 15th floor.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Heather Steans
(D-Chicago) and Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) will discuss the details of the
General Assembly’s first hearing on SB 316 and HB 2353. Rev. Alexander Sharp,
Chicago-based executive director of Clergy for a New Drug Policy (CNDP), and
Chris Lindsey of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the nation’s largest
marijuana policy organization, will discuss the newly formed Coalition for a
Safer Illinois.
The Coalition for a Safer Illinois is made up of citizens,
community leaders, and local and national organizations, including CNDP, MPP,
the ACLU of Illinois, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, Law Enforcement Action
Partnership, and the Illinois chapter of the National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). It will work to build support for ending
marijuana prohibition in Illinois.
SB 316 and HB 2353 would make it legal for adults 21 and older
to possess, grow, and purchase limited amounts of marijuana. The state would
license and regulate businesses to cultivate, process, test, and sell marijuana
to adults, and it would create and enforce strict health and safety
regulations, such as testing and labeling requirements and restrictions on
marketing.
WHAT: News conference to launch the Coalition
for a Safer Illinois and announce the next step for legislation to regulate and
tax marijuana for adult use
WHEN: Wednesday, April 12, 10 a.m. CT
WHERE: James R. Thompson Center Press Room,
15th Floor, 100 W. Randolph Street, Chicago
WHO: Sen. Heather Steans, sponsor of SB 316
Rep. Kelly Cassidy, sponsor of HB 2353
Rev. Alexander Sharp, Chicago-based executive director of Clergy
for a New Drug Policy
Chris Lindsey, legislative counsel for the Marijuana Policy
Project
Additional members of the Coalition for a Safer Illinois
The Coalition for a Safer Illinois is a coalition of citizens,
community leaders, and local and national organizations that support ending
marijuana prohibition in Illinois and replacing it with a system in which
marijuana is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol.
Contact
Chris Lindsey
406-540-2323, clindsey@mpp.org
406-540-2323, clindsey@mpp.org
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