Tag: Cat Packer
DPA: Rescheduling Is a Half-Step ‘Our Communities Cannot Accept’
NEW YORK – A powerful nonprofit that works to reduce the harms of both drug use and prohibition opposes a potential reclassification of cannabis...
Congressional Report Confirms Changing Marijuana to a Schedule III Drug Would Maintain Federal Criminalization
WASHINGTON – A new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) confirms that marijuana would remain criminalized under federal law if moved to Schedule...
‘Coming Out Green’ Multimedia Installation Celebrates LGBTQ+ Leaders from California
LOS ANGELES -- Today, The Social Impact Center announced "Coming Out Green" in Los Angeles, part of the first-ever Circa queer histories festival.
The multimedia activation and...
Cannabis Social Equity Programs Taking Center Stage Across the Country
Nothing can truly make up for the unnecessary damage inflicted on so many by the war on drugs. And worse yet, even as cannabis...
SRO Greeting for L.A.’s New Cannabis Commissioners
LOS ANGELES — A standing-room-only crowd comprised mostly of members or prospective members of the local cannabis industry trekked downtown to greet the five members...
Los Angeles Reassures Pre-ICOs They Are Safe to Reopen As Collectives
LOS ANGELES – Inside LAPD headquarters this afternoon, the official press conference on the state of adult use sales of cannabis in Los Angeles...
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Appoints Executive for Department of Cannabis Regulation
Cat Packer will serve as the executive director for the Department of Cannabis Regulation in Los Angeles.
Last November, California voters passed Prop.64 and ushered...
