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.
Pot Matters: Cannabis and Motivation
A new study in the journal Psychopharmacology has some interesting results regarding concerns that marijuana use causes apathy,…
September 8, 2016
Pot Matters: The Happening
When does it happen? That was the questions posed to Dr. Norman Zinberg by observers of a groundbreaking…
September 5, 2016
Choosing Sides
The great debate in American society concerns those who support civil society and those who are against it. The…
August 31, 2016
Medicine, Herb, Risk, Reward
Cannabis is many things, but really only one thing. It has medical use, but should it really be…
August 29, 2016
Dab Tweets
A September, 2016 article in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence reports a “content analysis of tweets about…
August 25, 2016
Legalization for All
After legalization is enacted by voters in several more states, the next big challenge will come when the…
August 24, 2016
Intellectual Property Issues for the Emerging Marijuana Industry
The protection of intellectual property (IP), such as trademarks and creative marketing innovations, is a benefit of federal…
August 17, 2016
Inside the DEA’s Latest Refusal to Reschedule Marijuana, Pt. 2
This is the second part of a two part series. Read Part 1 HERE. The refusal of the…
August 15, 2016
Inside the DEA’s Latest Refusal to Reschedule Marijuana, Pt. 1
This is the first part of a two part series. Read Part 2 HERE. There is much to criticize in…
August 11, 2016
Behind Schedule
Some bloggers and alternative news media outlets are all in a tizzy over the prospect of the DEA’s…
August 10, 2016