Cannabis Action Network

Cannabis Action Network
Formation1989 (1989)
Founders
  • Debby Goldsberry
  • Doug McVay
  • Rick Pfrommer
  • Monica Pratt
TypeNonprofit organization
PurposeCannabis education; cannabis policy reform
Headquarters1605 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, U.S. (formerly)
Region served
United States

The Cannabis Action Network (CAN) is a former U.S. nonprofit cannabis policy reform organization, active between 1989 and 2008. The organization strove to "encourage sensible cannabis use" and advocated for "safe access for responsible adults and patients"[1] through the "challenge the laws of the United States and the individual states prohibiting the possession and distribution of marijuana".[2]

Constituted as a loose informal network of local groups, the CAN was involved in advocacy, capacity-building and education, the organization of political and cultural rallies and conferences, and legal assistance.

  1. ^ "Cannabis Action Network: Home". 2007-01-22. Archived from the original on 2007-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  2. ^ "Cannabis Action Network, Inc., Kevin Aplin, Plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees, v. City of Gainesville, Defendant-appellee-cross-appellant. 231 F.3d 761 (11th Cir. 2000)". Justia Law. 2000. Retrieved 2024-01-21.