Graig lives in Orange County with his partner, Kym Meyer, an environmental lawyer, and their five young children: Mason, William, Felix, Rio and Sky. Graig’s oldest daughter Ashley lives in Charlotte.

Graig R. Meyer lives with his partner, Kym Meyer, and their five young children.

Prior to becoming a legislator, Graig spent sixteen years working in North Carolina’s public schools. From 1998 through 2014, he was the coordinator of the Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program. During his tenure leading BRMA, the program had a 97.5% graduation rate and 100% of the program’s graduates enrolled in post-secondary education.

Graig continues to work with schools and youth-serving non-profits as a Partner and Chief Operating Officer of The Equity Collaborative, LLC.

Graig currently works as a partner and chief operating officer of The Equity Collaborative, LLC. He previously worked in North Carolina’s public schools, including as coordinator of the Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program.

Graig has served in the General Assembly for more than a decade. He previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives beginning in 2013 representing House District 50 serving Orange and Caswell counties. In 2022, Graig was elected to represent Senate District 23.

Graig was elected to represent North Carolina Senate District 23 in 2022. He previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing House District 50 beginning in 2013.

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• Uses generated tax dollars to reinvest in communities of color. Taxation of cannabis will be a huge windfall for North Carolina. We must use a large portion of these proceeds to invest in communities that have been hardest hit by racist selective enforcement.

• Allows North Carolinians to benefit from raising, producing, and selling cannabis. In other states, multinational corporations control the marketplace and take profits away from the community. North Carolinians need a chance to prosper from every part of this new economy.

Proposes investing much of cannabis tax revenue in communities affected by what he calls “racist selective enforcement.”

Supports allowing North Carolinians to raise, produce, and sell cannabis.

- Proposes investing much of cannabis tax revenue in communities affected by what he calls “racist selective enforcement.”
- Supports allowing North Carolinians to raise, produce, and sell cannabis.

Economy

That’s why last year Senator Jay Chaudhuri and I pushed forward and introduced House Bill 576, the Marijuana Justice and Reinvestment Act. Our bill sets out a framework for decriminalizing marijuana and expunging the criminal records of those people who have been convicted of offenses that would no longer be illegal. The bill would regulate and tax the sale of cannabis. And it would dedicate portions of the economic opportunity and tax revenues to reinvesting in the communities most damaged by the war on drugs.

• Uses safeguarding mechanisms even stronger than our liquor distribution model. Love them or hate them, ABC stores allow the state to control place, price, and distribution, leading to one of the lowest rates of alcohol abuse in the country while also generating more revenue for the state than a private sales model. Cannabis should have even stronger state control, including the use of a state lab that is responsible for testing and labeling product.

Proposes decriminalizing cannabis and expunging convictions for conduct that would no longer be illegal.

Supports state-controlled cannabis sales with laboratory testing and product labeling.

- Proposes decriminalizing cannabis and expunging convictions for conduct that would no longer be illegal.
- Supports state-controlled cannabis sales with laboratory testing and product labeling.

Public Safety

• Supports a robust public health advocacy campaign. This will discourage underage and other irresponsible uses—such as driving while intoxicated—and inform residents about the science behind cannabis, not the hype. If there’s ever been an industry that doesn’t need advertising to be popular, this is it. Simply put, cannabis should be legalized but not glamorized.

Supports a public-health campaign to discourage underage cannabis use and impaired driving.

- Supports a public-health campaign to discourage underage cannabis use and impaired driving.

Healthcare

This week, the N.C. Senate approved an additional $463 million for taxpayer funded private school “vouchers.”

I made floor arguments that the majority of taxpayers do not want their dollars to pay for rich kids to go to private school at the expense of a strong public school system (watch the whole thing on YouTube).

Opposes expanding taxpayer-funded private-school vouchers, saying they come at the expense of public schools.

- Opposes expanding taxpayer-funded private-school vouchers, saying they come at the expense of public schools.

Education

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Graig Meyer lives in Orange County with his partner, Kym Meyer, an environmental lawyer, and their five young children. Graig's oldest daughter, Ashley, lives in Charlotte.

Graig is currently a member of the North Carolina State Senate representing District 23. He was elected in 2022. He previously represented North Carolina House District 50 from 2013 to 2022.

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Supports local businesses and aims to assist individuals affected by economic challenges, particularly during the COVID pandemic.

Said, "I was the primary sponsor of marijuana legalization legislation that would bring in new tax revenue, provide new jobs for farmers, and right some of the devastating harm done by our inequitable criminal justice system."

Said, "And while we might want to dismiss the law enforcement zeal of the 1980s and 1990s—with its racist disparities between prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine—as a relic of another time, we cannot."

Supports cannabis legalization and reinvesting tax dollars into marginalized communities affected by the War on Drugs.

Said, "His main goals on education as legislator is promoting racial equity in the education system, extending school years to help lower-performing schools to catch up with other schools and increasing public funding."

Supports efforts to combat the climate crisis and advocates for public education on environmental issues.

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