Ethan Nadelmann

Ethan Nadelmann has been deeply involved in cannabis policy and cannabis policy reform advocacy for over 35 years. He is the founder, host, and executive producer of PSYCHOACTIVE, a podcast addressing cannabis and other drug issues. He is the founder of both the Drug Policy Alliance, a nonprofit organization where he was executive director from 2000 until 2017, and, prior to that, The Lindesmith Center, an Open Society Institute project that he directed from 1994 to 2000. He has been responsible for transforming public and elite opinion as well as state, federal and foreign cannabis and other drug policies through assorted advocacy efforts, including overseeing ballot initiatives and legislative efforts in the USA to legalize cannabis for medical and adult use purposes.