TheMarijuana Policy Coordination Committee is a United States federal government interagency committee created during thefirst Trump Administration, which includes theDrug Enforcement Administration, and is coordinated by theOffice of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).[1] Some media have called it "secret anti-cannabis agency",[2] "a uniquelyTrumpian government body ... launched in secret for reasons the administration won't explain",[3] and a "secretly amassed committee of federal agencies from across the government to combat public support for marijuana".[4]
The committee's existence was "previously unknown" until it was described in an August, 2018BuzzFeed News investigatory report byDominic Holden.[5] In a reaction to the journalism forThe Hill, the nationalDrug Policy Alliance called it "mind-boggling, and underscores this Administration’s ineptitude on drug policy",[6] and a Californiacannabis rights advocacy group called it an assembly of "department-wide prohibitionist cabals".[7] Federal authorities in Denver contacted by local television news said they hadn't heard of the committee.[8]
Political analysis by MassCentral.com said the ONDCP is "required by statute to 'take such actions as necessary to oppose any attempt to legalize'" cannabis at the federal level, and would be "intent on getting Donald Trump to reconsider his support for letting states go their own way in this area", labeling the effort anti-federalism.[9]
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