A longtime drug policy reform advocate says he spoke with a White House staffer at an event last week and was invited to submit a proposal outlining why President Donald Trump should back federal marijuana legalization.
At Americans for Tax Reform’s (ATR) weekly “Wednesday Meeting” of conservative activists hosted by Grover Norquist last week, Citizens Against Prohibition (COP) drug policy specialist Howard Wooldridge said a White House representative welcomed proposals from all attendees—and he was able to personally discuss his plan to advise the administration to adopt a pro-legalization position.
“I got a couple minutes with her, just one-on-one, and basically gave her the basics that my organization of law enforcement and citizens would like to see an end to the drug war and make it a medical issue in the macro,” Wooldridge told Marijuana Moment in a phone interview on Tuesday.
“She was very open to any and all suggestions coming to that particular meeting, because it obviously is a friendly environment for someone who’s coming from the Trump White House,” he said. “She was certainly a good listener.”
Wooldridge—who also co-founded Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), which has since been renamed Law Enforcement Action Partnership—declined to provide the
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