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.
How the Pot Pretext Gives Police Too Much Power
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a pretext is “a reason that you give to hide your real reason…
August 18, 2015
Daring America to Stop Marijuana Legalization
Remember the D.A.R.E. program? The acronym stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, and the program uses police officers…
August 14, 2015
Drug Use Is Not Illegal: How Police Justify Arrests
Opponents of marijuana legalization often argue that people don’t go to jail for pot possession, but arrests are…
August 11, 2015
Marijuana Users Should Be Outraged Over This New Dangerous Trend
Let’s be clear about this. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), “Synthetic marijuana is a designer…
August 6, 2015
4 Strategies for Approaching Child-Proof Pot Legalization from Public Health Experts
The public health community is not thrilled with the idea of marijuana’s emerging legalization in the United States,…
August 4, 2015
Report: DEA’s Use of Informants Lacks Sufficient Oversight
A recent report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) within the Department of Justice (DOJ) has…
July 30, 2015
Marijuana Myths: How to Overcome Concerns about Edibles
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a report last week on the potential dangers of edible marijuana products…
July 27, 2015
Insurance Coverage for Marijuana Exists and Is Legal
Marijuana is legal to produce and possess in a number of states, and that number is likely to…
July 24, 2015
Addiction Pirates: How Companies Have Turned Prohibition into a Cash Cow
Plunder. This is an old fashioned term. Often associated with piracy, it means stealing things by force. Piracy…
July 22, 2015
Marijuana Might Help Alleviate the Latest Drug Epidemic
Heroin use and overdose deaths are increasing rapidly in the United States, according to a recent report by…
July 9, 2015