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May 5, 2012 • Request for Information (RFI): Input into the Scientific Strategic Plan for the proposed National Institute of Substance Use and Addiction Disorders Comments Deadline: May 11, 2012, 11:59pm EDT There are a few areas worthy of consideration by NIH: Policy Research. It is critical that the new institute take into account the importance of policy-relevant research....
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Apr 24, 2012 • Kevin Sabet debates Ethan Nadelmann on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews
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Apr 24, 2012 • Why Obama is right to oppose drug legalization By Kevin A. Sabet Special to the Dallas Morning-News “I personally, and my administration’s position, is that [drug] legalization is not the answer.” Which U.S. president uttered these words about our nation’s drug policy? Was it Woodrow Wilson, a progressive leader who urged the country to unite...
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Mar 31, 2012 • Last week, pro-legalization blogs were smitten with Guatemalan President Oscar Pérez Molina’s conference promoting their cause. Indeed, according to Ethan Nadelmann — the godfather of the legalization movement — Molina was holding a “remarkable” meeting with other Heads of State “demanding… all options, including decriminalization and legalization.” This was going to be their big moment....
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Mar 31, 2012 • Legalization not answer to prescription drug abuse Kevin A. Sabet Saturday, March 24, 2012 The reported cause of Whitney Houston’s untimely death should get us talking about finding an answer to Hollywood’s – and the rest of America’s – drug problem. On the day of Houston’s death, the great Tony Bennett commented: “First it was...
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Mar 24, 2012 • HUFFINGTON POST In 1989, just a few months after his inauguration, America’s new president George H.W. Bush called up his friend Tom Landry, who had just stepped down as the beloved coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Coach Landry was probably best known for having invented arguably the most effective and commonly used defense in modern...
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Mar 7, 2012 • How to Treat the Epidemic February 15, 2012 Most Americans are surprised to learn that in 2008, the last year for which data is available, poisonings killed more people than car crashes in the United States, making them the leading cause of accidental death in the country for the first time. Ninety percent of those...
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Mar 7, 2012 • Dumb New Myths About Marijuana A much-publicized new study is raising doubts about the harmful effects of pot. But it’s dangerously hazy on the facts. Marijuana smoke doesn’t just get you high. By Kevin A. Sabet On Tuesday, major newspapers and pro-pot blogs alike published stories with the headline “Marijuana use does not harm the...
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Mar 7, 2012 • Does Medical Marijuana Increase Drug Use? Posted on HuffPost: 02/10/2012 3:23 pm Exactly two weeks to the day I was born in 1979, Keith Stroup, the head of the National Organization of Marijuana Laws (NORML), told the Emory University school newspaper, The Emory Wheel, that “We are trying to get marijuana reclassified medically. If we...
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Jan 3, 2012 • Overdosing on Extremism By KEVIN A. SABET ACCORDING to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control, drug overdoses have increased almost six-fold in the last 30 years. They now represent the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, having overtaken motor vehicle accidents for the first time on record. One might...
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Jan 3, 2012 • Scientists have long known that like many plants, marijuana has some medicinal properties. But that does not imply that to derive those medical benefits, the plant should be smoked in its raw form (we don’t, after all, smoke opium to get the benefits of morphine). Nor does the potential medical value of marijuana mean that,...
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Jan 3, 2012 • Hawaii’s Radical Experiment A revolutionary program in the Pineapple State is shattering myths about how to deal with drug offenders who violate probation. If only the rest of the country would catch on. Hawaii is revolutionizing probation By Kevin A. Sabet 12/15/11 When I was a kid, my mom would often ask me to clean...
