Ethan Nadelmann, JD, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Executive Director of Drug Policy Alliance
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“It [the 1999 IOM report] shows that marijuana is not a gateway drug that leads to other drugs, that medical use won’t increase illegal use and that the risks of marijuana are well within the bounds of tolerable risks.”
Mar. 1999
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance (formerly The Lindesmith Center)
- Co-Editor, Psychoactive Drugs & Harm Reduction: From Faith to Science
- Founder, The Lindesmith Center, a drug policy and research institute, 1994
- Professor, Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University, 1987-1994
- Chair, Princeton Working Group on the Future of Drug Use, 1987-1994
- Education:
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- PhD, Political Science, Harvard University
- JD, Harvard University
- MA, International Relations, London School of Economics
- BA, Political Science, Harvard University
- Other:
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- Twitter handle: @ethannadelmann
- Performed a TED Talk titled “Why We Need to End the War on Drugs” in Oct. 2014
- Significant organizational funding for Drug Policy Alliance/The Lindesmith Center comes from George Soros