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
Incumbent
Assumed office September 2020
Preceded by	Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno
Personal details
Born	1986 (age 38–39) 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] 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]

References

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