Jon Gettman
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Jon Gettman is the Cannabis Policy Director for High Times. Jon has a Ph.D. in public policy, teaching undergraduate criminal justice and graduate level management courses. A long-time contributor to High Times, his research and analytical work has been used by NORML, Marijuana Policy Project, American’s for Safe Access, the Drug Policy Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations. Jon’s research contributions to the topic of marijuana law reform have included findings on the economic value of domestic marijuana cultivation, attempts to have marijuana rescheduled under federal law and racial disparities in marijuana possession arrest rates. Serving as NORML’s National Director in the late 1980s, he was instrumental in creating NORML’s activist program.
Pot Matters: Cannabis and Veterinary Medicine
A recent article in the scientific journal Veterinarni Medicina is providing an overview of the potential use of cannabinoids…
May 11, 2016
Pot Matters: Vaping Can End the Tobacco-Marijuana Link
A new twist to the realization that marijuana is safer than other recreational drugs is emerging in Europe. A…
May 9, 2016
Pot Matters: Reforming All Over
In recent years, the reform of marijuana laws has been a legislative issue in almost every state of…
April 28, 2016
Pot Matters: Legalize Cannabis and Fight Terrorism
Referring to cannabis, Franco Roberti, Italy’s national anti-mafia and anti-terrorism chief and top prosecutor, recently told Reuters that:…
April 25, 2016
Pot Matters: 4/20/20
What will 4/20 bring in 2020? Think positive thoughts. Imagine… Today, April 20, 2020, the president signed the National…
April 20, 2016
Pot Matters: Teens Find Marijuana Harder to Get
Even though the availability of legal marijuana has increased in the United States over the last decade, teenagers…
April 18, 2016
Pot Matters: Free Cannabis
What if it were against the law to pay for cannabis rather than to grow, possess or share…
April 11, 2016
Pot Matters: Bernie Sanders and Marijuana
Bernie Sanders really wants to be president. He’s doing everything he can to turn out the youth vote,…
April 7, 2016
Pot Matters: Massachusetts Officials Cop-Out
Leading state officials in Massachusetts oppose the ballot measure to legalize marijuana that will go before the state’s…
April 1, 2016
Pot Matters: Supreme Court Declines to Review Colorado’s Legalization of Marijuana
Colorado legalized marijuana, and neighboring states Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a motion with the Supreme Court to complain…
March 25, 2016