Kassandra Frederique

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

Kassandra Frederique
Frederique on The Laura Flanders Show, 2019
Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance
Assumed office
September 2020
Preceded byMaria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno
Personal details
Born1986 (age 37–38)
Manhattan, New York
Occupation
  • Drug policy advocate
  • journalist

Biography

Kassandra Frederique was born in 1986 (1986) in Manhattan, New York to Haitian immigrant parents.[1] In 2019, she appeared as herself in the Netflix original film Grass Is Greener.[2] 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.[3] While executive director, she oversaw the 2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 110, which reclassified drug possession in Oregon.[4]

In 2021, she testified to the United States House of Representatives to repeal drug policy laws.[5]

References
  1. Gorce, Tammy La (8 October 2021). "How a Drug Policy Activist Spends Her Sundays". The New York Times.
  2. Grass is Greener (2019) - IMDb, retrieved 2024-02-20
  3. Schiller, Melissa (9 March 2020). "Drug Policy Alliance Board Announces Kassandra Frederique as Next Executive Director". Cannabis Business Times.
  4. Selsky, Andrew. "Oregon 1st in US to soften on hard drugs, 'magic' mushrooms". Associated Press.
  5. "Written Testimony of Kassandra Frederique Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance" (PDF). 15 June 2021.
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