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.
Who’s Smoking Pot These Days?
There are 20 to 33 million marijuana users in the United States. Each year, the federal government conducts…
May 20, 2015
Reefer Madness Flashback: How One Article Shaped Modern Prohibition
A 1933 article about marijuana published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology explains a lot about…
May 11, 2015
DEA Makes Startling Admissions About Marijuana in New Report
Marijuana is more available now than ever throughout the United States, but in every region of the country…
May 6, 2015
An In-Depth Look at the Senate Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana
A new bill introduced in the United States Senate seeks to radically alter federal jurisdiction over the manufacture,…
March 12, 2015
Cannabis Values: Social Responsibility and Our Emerging Cannabis
Marijuana’s legalization is not inevitable. All of the progress toward this goal over the last several years can…
March 2, 2015
10 Reasons Marijuana Legalization Can’t Be Stopped
A Gallup poll last October reported that a “majority continues to support marijuana legalization in the United Sates.”…
January 28, 2015
Cannabis Column: Legalization After the Election
Various legalization initiatives were successfully presented to voters in Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia on Tuesday,…
November 20, 2014
Marijuana Arrests Continue at Historically High Levels
At first glance, 749,825 arrests for marijuana offenses in the United States in 2012 looks like arrests are…
July 30, 2014