Center of Excellence

CPEAR’s Center of Excellence is comprised of leaders throughout the United States who are experts on a broad array of issues that will be affected by federal cannabis legalization. The Center of Excellence works to analyze the effect cannabis legalization would have on these policy areas and the ways in which they should be integrated into a national regulatory framework.

We analyze the following policy areas:

• Data and research
• Regulatory and enforcement structures
• Legacy and state systems
• Financing and minority capital access
• Tax policy
• Public safety
• Product format and potency
• Criminal justice reform
• Social equity
• Patient access
• Medical benefits and mental health
• Substance abuse
• Impaired driving
• Youth use prevention
• Marketing and advertising
• Environmental sustainability
• Workplace safety

Membership in the Center of Excellence by an individual issue expert does not denote endorsement by any organization. Support for cannabis legalization is not a requirement for Center of Excellence members, and neither the Center as a whole nor individual members will be expected to endorse cannabis legalization in general or support particular policy solutions.