WE BELIEVE IN
SECOND CHANCES.
Federal De-Scheduling & Criminal Justice Reform
Demand removal of cannabis from the Schedules of the Controlled Substances Act to bring an end to cannabis criminalization and allow innovation, industry, and research to thrive.
Re-entry & Successful Second Chances
Ensure individuals who were formerly incarcerated, or current grey-market operators, are given a second chance in society and have an equal opportunity to contribute to cannabis commerce as it transitions from an illicit to legal market.
Promote Entrepreneurship in Free & Open Markets
Seek federal and regulatory frameworks for cannabis which promote public safety while ensuring low barriers to entry and non-restrictive occupational and business licensing.
Competitive & Reasonable Tax Rates
The tax burden should not incentivize gray or black markets by making them more easily accessible or profitable than legal businesses.
MISSION
"Our vision is to bring together advocates for second chances, for stronger communities, and for better business to enact durable policies that solve the problems that criminalized cannabis have created within American society."
The Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA) seeks to end the prohibition and criminalization of cannabis in the United States in a manner consistent with helping all Americans achieve their full potential and limiting the number of barriers that inhibit innovation and entrepreneurship in a free and open market.
VISION
“We cannot create a market where a handful of strong companies run the industry and small entrepreneurs face unreasonable barriers to access.”
– CFA, on promoting entrepreneurship in free and open markets
IN THE NEWS
CFA Endorses States Reform Act (SRA)
Nov. 2021
The Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA) has endorsed the States Reform Act. The Act strongly aligns with CFA’s vision of ending prohibition in a manner consistent with helping all Americans achieve their full potential and limiting the number of barriers that inhibit innovation and entrepreneurship in a free and open market. The States Reform Act is the truly principled vehicle for conservatives, libertarian, and all who value limited government to support cannabis reform. CFA was proud to work with Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-SC)’s team in crafting this legislation and to lend it our future support. The Act creates a bill that keeps Americans and their children safe while ending the federal preemption of and interference with state cannabis laws.
CFA Fed Reg White Paper
July 2021
If major cannabis reform legislation is to be taken seriously in Congress, there are many aspects it must address. Failure to correctly address these topics could both imperil existing markets and hamper U.S. competitiveness in international markets. The CFA White Paper on Federal Regulation provides an overview and general recommendations to help guide the effort toward federal legalization of cannabis.
CFA Social Equity Paper
Sept. 2021
The Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA) seeks here to outline its policy goals for ensuring successful second chances and a vibrant and competitive U.S. cannabis marketplace. This paper expands on the “Recommendations for Federal Regulation of Legal Cannabis” CFA published earlier this year, wherein the Cannabis Freedom Alliance identified four primary goals for any successful federal cannabis reform legislation.
CFA Comments on CAO Act
Sept. 2021
The Cannabis Freedom Alliance appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (the CAO Act or Discussion Draft). The Discussion Draft represents a meaningful engagement with achieving our shared goal of ending cannabis prohibition, removing the consequences of criminal prohibition from those adversely affected, and establishing a fair, free, and competitive American cannabis market.
MISSION STATEMENT
April 2021
The Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA) seeks to end the prohibition and criminalization of cannabis in the United States in a manner consistent with helping all Americans achieve their full potential and limiting the number of barriers that inhibit innovation and entrepreneurship in a free and open market.
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