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 A Chicago-based game company is contributing to marijuana reform in Illinois.
Cards Against Humanity, LLC, creators of the popular adult game of the same
name, has donated $70,000 to the Marijuana Policy Project, or MPP, a D.C.-based
nonprofit dedicated to working toward non-punitive marijuana policies across the
country.
The two organizations have collaborated before. Proceeds from Cards Against
Humanity’s “Weed Pack,” one of many expansions to the original game, go directly
to MPP. According to the Cards Against Humanity online store, players have
helped Cards Against Humanity donate over $80,000 to MPP projects.
According to polling data from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, 66
percent of Illinois voters support regulating and taxing marijuana in ways
similar to alcohol.
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State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, has previously introduced
legislation to legalize and regulate marijuana like the state does alcohol.
Cassidy’s proposal would have the state tax marijuana at a rate of $50 per ounce
wholesale. She hopes to bring the measure to a vote early next year.
Illinois decriminalized small amounts of marijuana in July 2016,
when Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation making possession of up to 10 grams of
marijuana punishable by a fine of between $100 and $200. Prior to this
legislation, offenders faced a misdemeanor charge, resulting in a fine of up to
$1,500 and possible jail time of up to six months.
MPP has launched efforts in numerous states and has been working toward
marijuana reform in Illinois for years. The organization advocated Illinois’
legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes in 2013 and its
decriminalization in 2016.
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