MPP’s Adam J. Smith talks home grow with High Times

“There’s a special place in hell for those seeking to profit from the plant, while fighting against people’s right to grow it.”

– Adam J. Smith, MPP’s Executive Director

Is cannabis truly legal if you're not allowed to grow it yourself? 

MPP’s new executive director, Adam J. Smith, sat down with High Times to make the case for recentering home cultivation in the fight for cannabis legalization.

Citing MPP’s resources on the current status of home grow policies across the United States, the article notes that 25 states have legalized home cultivation in some form, but 15 of the 24 states with adult-use cannabis laws continue to ban home cultivation.

Adam was quick to point out the simple truth that “If you haven’t legalized home cultivation, you have not ended prohibition. You have simply created a corporate exemption.”

The emergence of the legal cannabis industry belies the fact that people are still being arrested, still forbidden to grow the plant, and still suffering the consequences of decades of failed prohibitionist policies. 

For 30 years, MPP has been a trailblazing voice advocating for home grow provisions in legalization laws — and under Adam’s leadership, we will continue fighting for a legal cannabis reality where everyone has the right to grow their own.