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Kevin Sabet on Canada’s CTV News

Kevin Sabet, Director of SAM, talks about the use of legal recreational pot in Colorado. Watch here.

Patrick Kennedy on CNN’s AC360

Patrick Kennedy joins Anderson Cooper and others on AC360 to discuss the drawbacks of legalizing marijuana. Watch here.

Dr. Christian Thurstone on ABC Denver 9News

Dr. Thurstone discusses the medical and health concerns of legalizing marijuana in Colorado. Watch here.

Patrick Kennedy on CNBC’s The Kudlow Report

Congressman Kennedy discusses the harms of marijuana and the implications of its legalization in Colorado. Watch here on CNBC.com  

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We are SAM. Smart Approaches to Marijuana. We are professionals working in mental health and public health. We are bipartisan. We are medical doctors, lawmakers, treatment providers, preventionists, teachers, law […]

AMA OPPOSES MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION AND LEGALIZATION

AMA delegates easily defeat a proposal that would have called for decriminalization and rescheduling of cannabis The “war on drugs”—combatting the supply of cannabis and other illicit drugs through law […]

National survey finds that over one third of 12th graders use someone else’s medical marijuana and 60% view it as not harmful

NATIONAL SURVEY: MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF 12TH GRADERS LIVING IN MEDICAL MARIJUANA STATES GET MARIJUANA FROM SOMEONE ELSE’S “MEDICAL RECOMMENDATION” 60% OF 12TH GRADERS NOW VIEW MARIJUANA AS NOT […]

SAM Responds to New Uruguay Marijuana Policy

SAM RESPONDS TO NEW URUGUAY MARIJUANA POLICY Today, from a meeting on drug policy in Colombia, SAM co-founder and Director, Dr. Kevin Sabet, made the following comments about Uruguay’s legalization […]

Scott Gagnon: Marijuana legalization is the wrong way for Maine

Sun Journal Columns and Analysis: Marijuana legalization is the wrong way for Maine by Scott Gagnon As the Portland marijuana ordinance goes into effect, and the discussion has pivoted to […]

Marijuana Bill Rejected by ME Legislative Council, Project SAM Commends Legislators & Senate President

PRESS RELEASE                                                                                                                                                                                     Contact: Scott Gagnon November 21, 2013     […]

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 […]

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 […]

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