{"id":1575,"date":"2017-07-07T12:48:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T02:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/marijuana-lobby-admits-tobacco-industry-executives-pay-to-play\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:23","slug":"marijuana-lobby-admits-tobacco-industry-executives-pay-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/marijuana-lobby-admits-tobacco-industry-executives-pay-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Lobby Admits Tobacco Industry Executives Pay-to-Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>6\/07\/2017&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want, what do you hate, what\u2019s going to turn you off so I can\u2019t ask you for money?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was the question the nation\u2019s top pot lobbyist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/mpp-chief-ready-barter-marijuana-campaign-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently posed<\/a>&nbsp;to tobacco executives in Michigan, where his lobbying group has drafted language for a recreational marijuana legalization law&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2017\/05\/05\/marijuana-petition-michigan-ballot\/101324068\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and is now collecting signatures<\/a>&nbsp;to place it on the state\u2019s 2018 ballot.<\/p>\n<p>That Rob Kampia, Executive Director of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), went on-the-record&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/mpp-chief-ready-barter-marijuana-campaign-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to admit he asked this<\/a>&nbsp;of Michigan tobacco companies is both alarming and contemptible. MPP is the lead special interest group responsible for funding and organizing every state-based marijuana commercialization campaign in the U.S. Kampia\u2019s shameless solicitation for contributions from the tobacco industry should send chills down the spine of every American who remembers our painful national experience with Big Tobacco.<\/p>\n<p>The nascent marijuana industry, which has been profiting off of high-potency commercial products, is not only following in Big Tobacco\u2019s footsteps, but now openly admitting to taking money from them.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake, the marijuana industry is laying the groundwork to take center stage as Big Tobacco 2.0. Tobacco companies have been eyeing marijuana as the next big addictive enterprise since the 1970\u2019s, and now they\u2019re getting in on this cash cow in the ultimate quid pro quo: taking money in return for shaping the language of today\u2019s marijuana legalization initiatives<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/marijuana-lobby-admits-tobacco-industry-executives_us_59382c9de4b014ae8c69dced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button\">For more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6\/07\/2017&nbsp; \u201cWhat do you want, what do you hate, what\u2019s going to turn you off so I can\u2019t ask you for money?\u201d This was the question the nation\u2019s top pot lobbyist&nbsp;recently posed&nbsp;to tobacco executives in Michigan, where his lobbying group has drafted language for a recreational marijuana legalization law&nbsp;and is now collecting signatures&nbsp;to place it 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