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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

Dr. Kevin Sabet Before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee

“Conflict Between State and Federal Laws” Written testimony and biography

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 […]

Letter to the US Department of Justice regarding its decision to defer enforcement of CSA

Signed by an unprecedented group of individuals and organizations Letter to DOJ

SAM Releases statement about new DOJ “Trust But Verify” Approach to CO and WA Marijuana Legalization

  SAM says to “prepare the floodgates” for negative consequences as a result of a new Big Marijuana industry being emboldened; calls for the CDC, Surgeon General, National Institutes of Health to fund public health monitoring systems August 29, 2013 – Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana), a national alliance calling for smart marijuana policies […]