The rank hypocrisy of marijuana prohibition advocates’ taxpayer funding
Kevin Sabet continues to fail to disclose SAM’s funding and the incestuous financial connections behind efforts to maintain the status quo
Monday, September 9, 2019
The New York Chapter of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), the prohibitionist organization led by Kevin Sabet, has submitted a request “to keep its funding sources confidential,” as reported in a September 5 Times Union article. As justification, the group cited fears that its donors would be harassed. SAM’s request for donor anonymity claims “that it doesn’t receive funding from “faceless deep-pocketed corporate interests” in the “alcohol, tobacco, opioid, or the prison industries…” Yet the organization’s attempt to avoid transparency is ironic, when SAM has just announced its intention to release a report on industry donations to the marijuana legalization movement. (See also: Marijuana legalization opponent directed to identify donors)
