Latest News
Kevin Sabet joined Dr. Drew’s Podcast for an in-depth interview about the current policies on marijuana
Listen to the Dr. Drew Podcast with Kevin Sabet using the link below: http://drdrew.com/036-kevin-sabet/
SAM Statement on Pew Poll on Marijuana Legalization:
SAM Statement on Pew Poll on Marijuana Legalization: http://www.people-press.org/2013/04/04/majority-now-supports-legalizing-marijuana/ The survey’s results are an indication, more than anything, of the careless discussion about legalization currently going on in this country. That discussion is being funded with millions of dollars from those who will profit off of legalization – marijuana’s version of Big Tobacco – as […]
SAM Hawaii defeated the de facto legalization (“decriminalization”) bill
Monumental news! This just in: Despite the odds, SAM Hawaii defeated the de facto legalization (“decriminalization”) bill in the legislature that was destined to easily pass a month ago, just prior to SAM’s trip to the islands! Working with local community advocates and supportive legislators, SAM’s team, led by Patrick Kennedy and Kevin Sabet, held […]
SAM Talks with Lawmakers in Hawaii
HONOLULU — Opponents of decriminalizing marijuana in this state have a new partner — a prominent national figure who has made it a point to fight legislation through education. Patrick Kennedy is the co-chair of Project SAM — Smart Approaches to Marijuana, or SAM.
Amendment already ‘hamstrings’ Colorado
Denver journalist Christine Tatum, a friend to SAM, writes: “It’s troubling that every regulatory framework of marijuana Colorado is considering is outside the bounds of federal law — and that the one regulatory framework that stands to save more lives and public resources is the very one its lawmakers haven’t found the political will to […]
Idaho Senate committee makes smart move
We at Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) commend the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee for sending two anti-marijuana resolutions to the full state Senate with “do-pass recommendations.”
‘What we need is less drug use’
We appreciate your letters of support which — like this one that arrived today from Joyce Morris in Colorado — encourage and energize(!) our volunteers. We invite you to contact us — and to support SAM.
Sabet speaks with Huffington Post D.C. bureau chief
Kevin Sabet fields questions about marijuana legalization while also speaking with Ryan Grim, Washington, D.C., bureau chief of The Huffington Post. He also got a chance to speak about our organization — and to explain why Big Marijuana is girding to go the ways of Big Tobacco and Big Alcohol — unless more of us […]
SAM Sends Letter to the Hon. Attorney General Eric Holder to Enforce the Controlled Substances Act
Patrick Kennedy, Co-chair of SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) sent a letter to the Hon. Eric Holder today regarding the marijuana initiatives in CO and WA, on behalf of CADCA, NADCP, NNOAC, SAM, AAP-Colorado, and Smart Colorado. Click below to read the letter. FEB KENNEDY LETTER – DOJ Thank you.
The real skinny on SAM: a response to Maia Szalavitz
Columnist Maia Szalavitz devoted 1000 words on TheFix.com last week to single-handedly bash a project she clearly does not know much about.
Dr. Thurstone: Keep marijuana stores away from schools
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.”