Ethan Nadelmann
Ethan Nadelmann
Ethan Nadelmannis the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a New York City-based non-profit organization working to end the War on Drugs. Described by Rolling Stone as, "The driving force for the legalization of marijuana in America," Ethan Nadelmann is known as a high profile critic and commentator on U.S. and international drug control policies...
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I'm not fighting for the Marlboro-ization of marijuana.
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Nobody tells the history of marijuana and its prohibition like Russ Belville does. He has a special talent for presenting scholarship in a remarkably engaging way. That’s why I turned to Russ when I needed someone to present on the subject to the annual staff retreat of the Drug Policy Alliance. And it’s why I repeatedly recommend him for speaking and media opportunities. He’s good!
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What happened in California provides a powerful model. It is extremely likely that there will be other prop 36-like initiatives in other major states in 2002 and 2004.
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The best news in this year's report is the significant decline in cigarette smoking, not just because that ultimately is the most deadly drug but also because it confirms that drug abuse is best reduced through sensible public health measures rather than criminal penalties, prosecutions and prisons.
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We took two steps forward with the reforms in December, and one more step yesterday. But we still have 10 steps more to go.
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If there's one thing the international community should do, if only out of deference because he won the election, is to take seriously his arguments that coca products have a place in the international commodities market.
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If the principal smokers of cocaine were affluent older white men and the principal users of Viagra were young black men, using Viagra would land you time behind bars.
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The worst prohibition, it must be said, is a prohibition on thinking - and that, sadly, is what the U.S. government is guilty of today.
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We won't win until the average parent believes drug reform protects kids better than the war on drugs.