Kevin Sabet — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

President and CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) and Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions
Co-founded Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) in 2013
Advisor on drug policy to the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations
Author of 'Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana' (2013)
Co-editor of 'Marijuana and Contemporary Health'
Assistant adjunct professor at Yale University and institute director at the University of Florida

Biography

Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D.

, is the President and CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), a non-profit organization he co-founded in 2013 with Congressman Patrick Kennedy and David Frum. He also serves as President and CEO of the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions. Dubbed the "prodigy of drug politics" by NBC News, Sabet has dedicated over 20 years to studying, researching, writing about, and implementing drug policy, advocating for a public-health based marijuana policy.