Rethinking Drug Policy in Appalachia with Wisdom from a Reform Legend

Described by Rolling Stone as "the point man" for drug policy reform efforts and “the real drug czar,” Ethan Nadelmann, JD, PhD, is widely regarded as the outstanding proponent of

drug policy reform in the United States and abroad. After teaching

politics and public affairs at Princeton University (1987-1994), he founded and

directed first The Lindesmith Center (1994-2000) and then the Drug

Policy Alliance (2000-2017). He also co-founded the Open Society

Institute’s International Harm Reduction Development program. 

Ethan has published extensively and spoken

publicly in roughly forty states and forty countries.  His TED Talk,

"Why We Need to End the War on Drugs" has over two million views.

Ethan and his colleagues were at the forefront of dozens of successful campaigns to legalize marijuana, reduce the incarceration of drug law offenders, advance harm reduction approaches to drug use and addiction, and otherwise promote alternatives to

punitive prohibitionist drug policies.  He played a key role as drug policy

advisor to prominent philanthropists as well as elected officials ranging from mayors, governors and state and federal legislators in the U.S. to presidents and cabinet ministers outside the United States.

He hosts the leading podcast about all things drugs: PSYCHOACTIVE. 

He has become increasingly engaged in the debate over tobacco harm

reduction.

Ethan is currently working on a book – part memoir, part history of the drug policy reform movement, part lessons for activists, part reflections on the big questions and debates in the

field.

Ethan A Nadelmann

Podcast Host:

PSYCHOACTIVE

Founder & Former Executive Director (2000-2017) of the

Drug Policy Alliance

www.twitter.com/ethannadelmann

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