- SAFER Banking The Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act would provide safe harbor for financial institutions and other ancillary businesses that work with cannabis industry clients.
- Rescheduling After decades of cannabis being classified as a Schedule I substance with severe restrictions, the Department of Health & Human Services has recommended reclassifying it as a Schedule III drug, reducing its perceived risk, easing research barriers, and offering tax relief to cannabis businesses under IRS code 280E.
- PA Adult Use Coming Soon.
Project
Champion
Project Champion is a bipartisan organization made up of former professional athletes focused on advancing tangible cannabis legislation to normalize and destigmatize cannabis, which has numerous general wellness, medical and socio-economic benefits for all Americans.
Founding Champions
Ricky Williams
Kyle Turley
Jim McMahon
Gretchen Gailey
We Believe:
- Cannabis is a health and wellness right for all adult consumers/patients and a vital alternative to dangerous opioids.
- Patients should have access to safe, convenient, and affordable access to products, especially veterans.
- A federally regulated cannabis market supports industry growth bringing new jobs and tax revenues to all stakeholders.
- A federally regulated cannabis market can also bring about restorative justice outcomes by eliminating cannabis infractions that are so harmful to socio-economically impacted communities.
- All consumers/patients should have access to cannabis regardless of where they live.
Where We're Coming From:
Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon is a former NFL quarterback who played for 15 seasons, winning two Super Bowls with the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. McMahon uses cannabis to treat the chronic pain and arthritis that he suffers from as a result of his football career. He has been plagued with a number of injuries and hails medical cannabis as a “godsend” that has saved his life.
Ricky Williams
Ricky Williams is a former NFL running back who played for 11 seasons, primarily for the New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, where he was a two-time unanimous All-American and won the 1998 Heisman Trophy. Williams is a long-time medical cannabis advocate and has made it his personal goal to elevate the legitimacy of cannabis as a medicine.
Kyle Turley
Kyle Turley is a former NFL offensive tackle who played for 9 seasons, where he played with the New Orleans Saints, St. Louis Rams, and Kansas City Chiefs. Turley uses cannabis to treat the neurological issues that he suffers from post-NFL career. He credits cannabis with greatly improving his quality of life and even saving his life, after previously relying on numerous prescription medications with side effects that he says almost drove him to suicide.
Gretchen Gailey
Gretchen Gailey has over 20 years of experience in the journalism and public affairs space in Washington, D.C., working in all aspects of media. Since 2014, she has advanced the cannabis industry's message through her time with New Frontier Data, KCSA and her own company, Panoptic Strategies. Gailey has served on Capitol Hill as the Communications Director for Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and informed the U.S. Senate Finance Committee lawmakers on cannabis tax policy.
Champion Updates
Jim McMahon And Kyle Turley Discuss NFL Pot Policy And Golf Classic
