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AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OPPOSES MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION; SUPPORTS HEALTH-FIRST APPROACH TO MARIJUANA USE
Largest medical group in the US explicitly rejects calls to become “neutral” on legalization; supports full funding of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; calls for proper study of Colorado and Washington policies. It joins the American Psychiatric Association, who issued a statement last week outlining the public health harms of marijuana. NATIONAL HARBOR, […]
Kennedy and Sabet in the NY Times Opinion Pages: Ill Effects of Marijuana
Ill Effects of Marijuana, New York Times October 29, 2013 To the Editor: By focusing on changes in California marijuana use since 1996, and then citing a controversial study called into question by some leading think tanks and experts in marijuana policy, “Few Problems With Cannabis for California” (front page, Oct. 27) does not reflect […]
North Iowa SAM hosts “An Honest Conversation about Marijuana”
Featured in the Globe Gazette
Economist Debates: Should cannabis be legal everywhere?
Kevin Sabet’s featured guest piece on the Economist debate: The argument in favour of legalisation has been incredibly oversimplified by its proponents, presented as a silver bullet to failed, heavy-handed law enforcement efforts. As I argue in my new book, “Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana“, neither incarceration only nor legalisation stands up to […]
SAM’s Kevin Sabet on NPR’s “Florida Matters”
Should medical marijuana be legalized in Florida? Listen here
SAM’s Kevin Sabet on Channel 4 News in the UK
Watch: “Drug Trials: Austrian Testers Tested” As six people are taken ill in England, allegedly due to batch of drugs, Cordelia Lynch visits a scheme in Austria where officials test drugs for clubbers to determine their safety. Followed by a debate by Dr Tim Williams and Kevin Sabet.
CNN Opinion: Legalized pot would mean more addiction
SAM’s, Dr. Kevin Sabet’s op-ed on the front page of cnn.com “Legalized pot would mean more addiction“
Pot: Alaska, Oregon may vote to inhale next year
Pot: Alaska, Oregon may vote to inhale next year
David Frum on Dr. Kevin Sabet and ‘Reefer Sanity’: “Be afraid of Big Marijuana”
CNN Opinion: “Be afraid of Big Marijuana” by David Frum
Dr. Kevin Sabet Before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee
“Conflict Between State and Federal Laws” Written testimony and biography
Why Not…Legalize Drugs? Kevin Sabet contributes to the debate on BBC News
“Why not…legalize drugs?”
Press Release: Major Organizations Press DOJ on New Marijuana Guidelines
As New National Survey Reveals Skyrocketing Marijuana Use, Major Prevention, Treatment, Recovery, and Criminal Justice Reform Organizations Press Department of Justice on New Marijuana Guidelines On the day that the National Survey on Drug Use and Health revealed a 50% increase in daily marijuana use, an unprecedented group of organizations write to the Department of […]