Cannabis Industry Victims Educating Litigators (CIVEL) is an advocacy and legal-education organization that says it educates lawyers about harms caused by the cannabis industry and helps develop litigation strategies on behalf of people it describes as victims of marijuana use or cannabis products.
Opposes cannabis legalization and commercialization; supports enforcement of federal marijuana law; promotes product-liability, personal-injury, wrongful-death, and related litigation against cannabis businesses; advocates for public-health and drug-prevention policies.
Not publicly disclosed; likely supported by donations, legal advocacy networks, and related anti-cannabis advocacy efforts.
David G. Evans; Smart Approaches to Marijuana; Drug Free America Foundation; Save Our Society From Drugs; Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance; other anti-cannabis advocacy and litigation allies.
Non-profit advocacy and legal education organization