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SAM Director Kevin Sabet explains many of the dynamics figuring into the debate about marijuana legalization. 

Dr. Kevin Sabet explains the impact of marijuana legalization in states that approved it. Legalization has led to a steep rise in marijuana potency and increases in marijuana-related car crashes and poisonings, especially among very young children who eat marijuana-infused candies accidentally, he says. He spoke at Let’s Be Clear Georgia: A Collaborative to Prevent […]

Kevin Sabet debates Ethan Nadelmann on marijuana legalization on CNN.

Colorado was the first to legalize; Washington followed suit – and the buzz is spreading across the country. Two more states and the District of Columbia are putting it to their voters next month and a half dozen others are moving toward referendum.

Dr. Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana joins Murizio Passariello, the communications director of United for Care, to talk about how a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Florida may fail.

Dr. Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana joins Murizio Passariello, the communications director of United for Care, to talk about how a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Florida may fail.

Project SAM Director Kevin Sabet presents on the NADCP Position Statement against marijuana during the Closing Ceremony of the 20th NADCP Annual Training Conference.

There is no debate: marijuana is addictive and harmful to brain development, and current trends showing increased use among adolescents are profoundly troubling, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, told thousands of people gathered last week in Washington, D.C., for an annual meeting of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, […]

SAM’s Chairman, Patrick Kennedy, speaks to Global News BC1 in Vancouver about the dangers of marijuana use and legalization.

Patrick Kennedy and Christopher Kennedy Lawford join Chris Matthews for a second time to discuss marijuana legalization in the United States.

SAM’s Director, Kevin Sabet, joins Bill O’Reilly to discuss marijuana legalization in the United States.

SAM’s Board Member, Christopher Kennedy Lawford and Chairman, Patrick Kennedy, join Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball to discuss recovery.

Following consultation with Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) and Dr. Kevin Sabet, Senator Susan Collins of Maine asks FDA Commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, about the development of FDA-approved marijuana-based medicines.    

Colorado voters didn’t exactly think through Amendment 64, the state constitutional amendment they approved last year to legalize recreational use of marijuana.

Kevin Sabet and Dr. Drew spoke in 2011.

Dr. Christian Thurstone: “It really blows my mind that this is even a debate … that we even have to really push hard to get them away from schools.”

Patrick Kennedy spoke with MSNBC in January 2013.

SAM Director Kevin Sabet debates Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance on July 17, 2012 on CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello.