Brian Vicente is an American attorney and
marijuana rights advocate. He is a partner and founding member of
Vicente
Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer").
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LLP, which Rolling Stone has labeled the “the country’s first powerhouse marijuana law firm.” Vicente is the co-founder and president of the National Hispanic Cannabis Council.
In 2023, Vicente was elected as a Board Member of the Marijuana Policy Project. He is also a member of the DanceSafe Advisory Council. In 2010, Vicente was elected as the first board chair of the National Cannabis Industry Association. Vicente has also served as executive director of Sensible Colorado and on the boards of the Harm Reduction Action Center, the SAFER Voter Education Fund, and the City of Denver’s Marijuana Policy Review Panel.
Vicente was one of the primary authors of
Colorado Amendment 64 and was co-director of the successful ‘Yes on 64’ campaign in 2012,
which resulted in Colorado becoming the first state to make the possession, use, and regulated distribution of
marijuana
Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various tra ...
legal for adults. Vicente served as chair of the Committee for Responsible Regulation and was a member of the Colorado Department of Revenue Medical Marijuana Workgroup.
In 2018, Colorado Governor Jared Polis selected Vicente to serve as a member of his gubernatorial transition team, where he sat on the Economic Development and Labor Committee.
Having conducted over 1000 interviews regarding marijuana policy for national, state, and local media outlets, he was recognized by The Guardian as “the (cannabis) industry's de facto spokesman”.
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