Citizenship American Name Kevin Sabet Nationality U.S. Role Author | Doctoral advisor George Smith Fields Drug policy, Journalism | |
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Residence Washington, DC and Cambridge, MA Alma mater University of California, BerkeleyOxford University Books Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths about Marijuana Education University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley | ||
Institutions The White House, ONDCP | ||
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Kevin Abraham Sabet, also known as Kevin Sabet, (born February 20, 1979) is an assistant professor of psychiatry and Director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida. With Patrick J. Kennedy, he co-founded Smart Approaches to Marijuana in January 2013.
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- Senator cory booker vs kevin sabet the great cannabis debate
- The False Dichotomy of Legalization and Criminalization Kevin Sabet TEDxPrincetonU
- Education and career
- Drug policy advocacy
- Controversy
- References
He is also the author of numerous articles and monographs including the book "Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana."
The False Dichotomy of Legalization and Criminalization | Kevin Sabet | TEDxPrincetonU
Education and career
Sabet is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Oxford University, where he received his Doctorate in social policy as a Marshall Scholar. He is an opponent of drug legalization and has spoken on behalf of the Obama Administration on the subject. After leaving ONDCP after 2.5 years, he became a consultant and professor. In January 2013, Rolling Stone called him "Legalization Enemy #1" ahead of the US Drug Czar and the DEA Administrator.
Kevin Sabet is the president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). He is a regular contributor to TV and print media and a blogger for the Huffington Post.
Drug policy advocacy
Sabet has worked with NIDA Director Alan Leshner on MDMA education efforts, and has had testimony entered on the official Congressional record. He was a key witness in two marijuana hearings after his work in the Obama Administration.
He has written on the need for prevention, treatment, and enforcement to guide drug policy, although he has also argued for abolishing severe sentencing guidelines, like mandatory minimum laws. His articles have been published in newspapers, such as The Washington Post and The New York Times. He has argued for removing criminal penalties for low-level marijuana use but has opposed legalization.
Controversy
In September 2016, Sabet admitted lying multiple times to a forum at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, when he claimed to possess two bags of candy one of which was infused with marijuana. After the forum concluded, Sabet left both bags of candy unattended, which were subsequently stolen. He was chastised for leaving a controlled substance unattended only to be caught lying about the contents of the bags. The attendee of the forum who stole the bags submitted them to a laboratory for testing of their levels of marijuana content. Dr. Saunders' report was conclusive that neither bag of candy contained any THC (the psychoactive compound of marijuana). The story was reported in a news broadcast, which claimed that Sabet admitted there was never any marijuana in the props he presented to the forum.