President Carter opposes marijuana legalization, supports Project SAM
At meeting with state legislators in Atlanta, Ga., today, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said the dichotomy of “punishment versus rehabilitation”...
Read MoreSAM Statement: President Obama Says “No” To Legalizing Drugs
Today, Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) Director Kevin A. Sabet released a statement: “We applaud the President for definitively expressing that...
Read MoreSAM Statement: California Supreme Court – Cities can ban pot shops
Release: May 6, 2013 Today, Kevin A. Sabet, Director of Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) released this statement on the California Supreme Court decision...
Read MoreSPECIAL EMAIL – SAM STATEMENT BY REPS. KENNEDY AND HARRIS
Federal and state attorneys general must take action to end marijuana standoff, promote public and mental health FOR RELEASE May 2, 2013 STATEMENT TO THE PRESS...
Read MoreProject SAM Discusses Link Between Marijuana and Mental Illness, Presents 40,000 Signatures in Favor of Marijuana Prevention
(Washington, DC) – Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) held a briefing today at the House Rayburn building (room 2203) to discuss the link between...
Read MoreKevin A. Sabet, Co-Founder of Project SAM offers comment on Rep. Dana Rohrbacher’s proposal for marijuana legalization:
“Mr Rohrbacher’s latest attempt to legalize marijuana will likely suffer the same fate as his several previous failed attempts have over the past decade. The...
Read MoreKevin Sabet joined Dr. Drew’s Podcast for an in-depth interview about the current policies on marijuana
Listen to the Dr. Drew Podcast with Kevin Sabet using the link...
Read MoreSAM Statement on Pew Poll on Marijuana Legalization:
SAM Statement on Pew Poll on Marijuana Legalization: http://www.people-press.org/2013/04/04/majority-now-supports-legalizing-marijuana/ The survey’s results are an...
Read MoreSAM Hawaii defeated the de facto legalization (“decriminalization”) bill
Monumental news! This just in: Despite the odds, SAM Hawaii defeated the de facto legalization (“decriminalization”) bill in the legislature that was...
Read MoreSAM Talks with Lawmakers in Hawaii
HONOLULU — Opponents of decriminalizing marijuana in this state have a new partner — a prominent national figure who has made it a point to fight legislation...
Read MoreSabet speaks with Huffington Post D.C. bureau chief
Kevin Sabet fields questions about marijuana legalization while also speaking with Ryan Grim, Washington, D.C., bureau chief of The Huffington Post. He also got a chance...
Read MoreSAM Sends Letter to the Hon. Attorney General Eric Holder to Enforce the Controlled Substances Act
Patrick Kennedy, Co-chair of SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) sent a letter to the Hon. Eric Holder today regarding the marijuana initiatives in CO and WA,...
Read MoreThe real skinny on SAM: a response to Maia Szalavitz
Columnist Maia Szalavitz devoted 1000 words on TheFix.com last week to single-handedly bash a project she clearly does not know much about. After falsely characterizing...
Read MoreKennedy criticized for trying to keep marijuana illegal
On Jan. 9, 2013, the Boston Globe reported: “Kennedy’s group, called Smart Approaches to Marijuana — which is also led by a top pediatrician at...
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