Jon Gettman
178 posts
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.
CBD, Extracts, DEA & the Reform Movement
The DEA recently issued a new rule classifying cannabidiol (CBD) and other cannabis extracts as Schedule I substances.…
December 22, 2016
DEA Finds Prohibition Increasingly Difficult to Enforce
Marijuana laws are changing, and according to the DEA this has made “enforcement and prosecution of marijuana-related offenses…
December 16, 2016
Pot Matters: Marijuana and the Criminal-Immigrant Industrial Complex
Federal marijuana laws are playing a key role in deporting both legal and undocumented immigrants. This practice will…
December 9, 2016
Pot Matters: Obama Supports Legalization
In an interview with Rolling Stone, President Obama has acknowledged that marijuana should be legalized and regulated like…
December 1, 2016
Pot Matters: Trump’s Reactionary Anti-Pot HHS Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump is nominating Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) to be the new Secretary of the Department of…
November 30, 2016
Pot Matters: Sessions for Attorney General? Game On!
Sen. Jeff Sessions, the Republican from Alabama, will be nominated to be attorney general in the upcoming…
November 18, 2016
Pot Matters: The Secret
Did you vote? Consider this: Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election because millions of voters who went to…
November 17, 2016
Pot Matters: Why Trump Can’t Stop Legalization
The Trump Administration cannot stop the demise of marijuana prohibition, no matter how hard it might try. Since…
November 14, 2016
Pot Matters: The Road Ahead
Editors Note: Of course, much of this is going to be depended on whether the new administration decides…
November 9, 2016
Pot Matters: The Shocking Truth About Edible Cannabis Candy
One of the new scare campaigns used by opponents of marijuana’s legalization is focused on edible cannabis products…
October 27, 2016