Kassandra Frederique Explained

Kassandra Frederique
Term Start:September 2020
Birth Place:Manhattan, New York
Image Name:Kassandra Frederique on The Laura Flanders Show.jpg
Order:Executive Director of the
Office:Drug Policy Alliance
Caption:Frederique on The Laura Flanders Show, 2019
Predecessor:Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno

Kassandra Frederique (born 1986) is an American drug policy advocate and journalist. Since September 2020, she has served as the president of the Drug Policy Alliance.

Biography

Kassandra Frederique was born in 1986 in Manhattan, New York to Haitian immigrant parents.[1] In 2019, she appeared as herself in the Netflix original film Grass Is Greener. Frederique worked as the managing director of Policy Advocacy and Campaigns for the Drug Policy Alliance, and in September 2020, she became the executive director, proceeding Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno.[2] While executive director, she oversaw the 2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 110, which reclassified drug possession in Oregon.[3]

In 2021, she testified to the United States House of Representatives to repeal drug policy laws.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Gorce . Tammy La . 8 October 2021 . How a Drug Policy Activist Spends Her Sundays . The New York Times.
  2. News: Schiller . Melissa . 9 March 2020 . Drug Policy Alliance Board Announces Kassandra Frederique as Next Executive Director . Cannabis Business Times.
  3. News: Selsky . Andrew . Oregon 1st in US to soften on hard drugs, 'magic' mushrooms . Associated Press.
  4. Web site: 15 June 2021 . Written Testimony of Kassandra Frederique Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance .