Ethan Nadelmann studied at Harvard University and London School of Economics and was a lecturer at Princeton University. While at Princeton, Nadelmann’s work focused on drug policy, attracting considerable attention with his articles in Science, Foreign Affairs, National Review and many others. He also formed the Princeton Working Group on the Future of Drug Use and Alternatives to Drug Prohibition.
In mid-90s Nadelmann founded the Lindesmith Center, a drug policy institute that six years later became the Drug Policy Alliance, a group for drug policies "grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.” As the Executive Director of the organisation, Nadelmann advocates for the application of harm reduction principles to minimize the public health effects of the War on Drugs.
In 2021 he launched Psychoactive, a podcast on drug policy, drug use, and drugs research featuring Nadelmann interviewing leading figures in current debates on drugs such as head of the US National Institute of Drug Abuse Nora Volkow, authors Michael Pollan and Andrew Weil.
What’s the future of drug policies? Will tobacco become the next substance politicians will go to war against? Be sure to tune in to find out!
McGill University
Cannabis
Hash
Magic Mushrooms (Psilocybin)
Cops Across Borders
DEA
Andrew Weil
Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin
Lester Grinspoon
Harry Levine
Jeffrey Fagan
Tobacco (Nicotine)
Kenneth Warner
Sylvia Law
Arnold Trebach
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
Kevin Zeese
War on Drugs
George Soros
Foreign Policy magazine
Open Society Foundations
Lindesmith center
Alfred Lindesmith
Drug Policy Alliance
International Harm Reduction Development Program (IHRD)
Ballot initiative
Brompton cocktail
The Heroin Solution by Arnold S. Trebach
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
Marjorie “Mo” Mowlam
Keith Hellawell
Heroin-assisted treatment
Partnership for a Drug-Free America
Jesse Jackson
Charles Rangel
Chuck Schumer
The Beckley Foundation
Fentanyl
Tobacco Harm Reduction
Smoking Cessation and Psilocybin
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