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SAM applauds CBD agreement between State of N.Y., maker of medicine for children with severe epilepsy
June 3, 2014ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York affiliate of Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) and a nonpartisan alliance of lawmakers, scientists and other concerned citizens coordinated by Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds […]
We are SAM
December 27, 2013We 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 […]
SAM heads to Hawaii to educate about marijuana issues
June 20, 2013“The legalization of marijuana is moving fast in parts of the United States and it looks as though the domino effect could quickly move to other states such as Hawaii,” […]
SAM in Vermont to educate about marijuana issues
June 20, 2013“While the current conversation in Vermont about marijuana is decriminalization, the legalization of marijuana is moving fast in parts of the United States, and it looks as though the domino […]
Kennedy takes aim against marijuana legalization
January 29, 2013Patrick Kennedy spoke with MSNBC in January 2013.
Kennedy criticized for trying to keep marijuana illegal
January 28, 2013On Jan. 9, 2013, the Boston Globe reported: “Kennedy’s group, called Smart Approaches to Marijuana — which is also led by a top pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Boston and a […]
Marijuana debate isn’t just legalization vs. incarceration
January 28, 2013Project SAM directors Patrick Kennedy and Kevin Sabet wrote this column, published Jan. 12, 2013 in The Denver Post.
Patrick Kennedy: Marijuana industry will be the next tobacco industry
January 24, 2013Project SAM Chairman Patrick Kennedy told MSNBC that the United States needs to halt efforts to legalize marijuana:
Kennedy kicks off anti-marijuana effort in Colorado
January 11, 2013As The Daily Caller reported Jan. 11, 2013: “Kennedy also discussed his family’s struggles with alcoholism and his own addiction to Oxycontin, using the story to illustrate the danger he […]
Patrick Kennedy sees ‘mad rush’ to legalize marijuana
January 11, 2013As the Washington Times reported Jan. 11, 2013: “What I want is to slow this train down and kind of begin a discussion before other states rush to judgment, which […]
Patrick Kennedy’s unexpected challenge to marijuana legalization
January 11, 2013Ed Gogek, a self-described “lifelong partisan Democrat” and physician who serves on the board of Keep AZ Drug Free, published an op-ed in the New York Times arguing that his […]
Former addict Democrat Patrick Kennedy joins opponents of legalizing marijuana in the U.S.
January 11, 2013As the IrishCentral.com reported Jan. 11, 2013: “Former Rhode Island Congressman and recovering addict Patrick Kennedy is spearheading the fight against the legalization of marijuana in the United States through […]
Kennedy on marijuana: ‘Destroys the brain and expedites psychosis’
January 8, 2013Project SAM Chairman Patrick Kennedy recently spoke with The Washington Post. As the news organization noted Jan. 8: