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Staff-Written Materials: Ethan Nadelmann

Articles
Let's End Drug Prohibition
Nadelmann, Ethan, Wall Street Journal. Dec. 05, 2008.
Fund Drug Treatment Rather Than Mexican Anti-Drugs Operations
Nadelmann, Ethan, San Francisco Chronicle. October 29, 2007.
Think Again: Drugs
Nadelmann, Ethan, Foreign Policy. September 2007.
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Book Chapter
The End of the Epoch of Prohibition
Nadelmann, Ethan. Cannabis Science: From Prohibition to Human Right. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang; 1997. Pp. 37-47.
Document
Policing the Globe Order Form
July 31, 2006.
Reducing the Harms of Drug Prohibition in the Americas (English Translation With Footnotes)
Nadelmann, Ethan. October 2005.
II y último: La guerra antidrogas, peor el remedio que el mal
Nadelmann, Ethan. La Jornada [Mexico]. December 1, 2005.
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Event Archive
The New Anti-War Movement: Drug Policy Reform. San Francisco, CA. Wed, July 25, 2001, 5-7 PM.
Drug Policy Reform 2000: Opportunities and Challenges. NY. Thurs, Oct 21, 1999, 4-6pm.
Racism in the Drug War. San Francisco, CA. Thurs, June 15 2000, 5-7 PM.
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Interview
Entrevista / Dice Ethan Nadelmann, Director De Drug Policy Alliance: Hay Que Cambiar Política Antidrogas
Sepúlveda, Rodrigo, El Tiempo. October 30, 2005.
Tougher Laws Aren't the Answer, DPA Maintains
Binkly, Gail, Four Corners Free Press. February 5, 2005.
Mind Alteration - Drug-policy scholar Ethan Nadelmann on turning people against drug prohibition
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. July 2004.
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Letter
Ethan Nadelmann's Letter to Frank Sapienza, Ph.D., Chief, Drug and Chemical Evaluation Section, Drug Enforcement Administration
Nadelmann, Ethan. May 2, 2003: pp. 2.
Drug Laws: Time to Think of Alternatives
Nadelmann, Ethan. The Nation. April 10, 2003.
Multimedia
DPA vs. ONDCP
April 14, 2008.
Ethan Nadelmann and Daniel Wolfe Discuss International Drug Policy
Nadelmann, Ethan and Wolfe, Daniel. Drug Policy Alliance; November 28, 2007.
Is The US Winning The War On Drugs? [Video]
Howard, Adam. AlterNet; October 25, 2007.
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Opinion
Canada Must Not Follow the U.S. on Drug Policy
Nadelmann, Ethan, Ottawa Citizen. February 22, 2007.
Controlling Medical Pot is Not Such an Out-of-Control Idea
Nadelmann, Ethan, San Francisco Chronicle. July 26, 2005.
The U.S. is Addicted to War on Drugs
Nadelmann, Ethan, Globe and Mail. Tuesday, May 20, 2003.
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Presentation
The First International Conference on Heroin Maintenance: Introductory Presentation, Ethan Nadelmann.
Nadelmann, Ethan. New York, NY. June 6, 1998.
Report
The Harm Reduction Approach To Drug Control: International Progress
Nadelmann, Ethan. The Lycaeum; April 1, 1994.
Speech
Ethan Nadelmann Speaks in Detroit
Provided by OCNORML, "Creating an Exit Strategy to End the War on Drugs". June 12, 2007.
Ethan Nadelmann Speech at the National Latino Congreso [Video]
My Latino News. September 6, 2006.
Global War on Drugs: Part of the Edinburgh Lecture Series
Nadelmann, Ethan, Action on Alcohol and Drugs in Edinburgh. November 22, 2005.
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Statement
Government Censors Marijuana Reform Ads: Statement of Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, the Drug Policy Alliance
Nadelmann, Ethan, Drug Policy Alliance. February 18, 2004.
Transcript
Medical Marijuana Debate Following screening of "Waiting to Inhale"
Clarence Page, Ethan Nadelmann, Rob Kampia. E Street Cinema, Washington, DC: 13 September 2006. Transcript. September 13, 2006. Filmmaker Clarence page moderates a debate about medical marijuana between David Murray, special assistant to the White House drug czar, Drug Policy Alliance executive director Ethan Nadelmann, and Marijuana Policy Project's Rob Kampia after a screening of his movie, "Waiting to Inhale."
Drug War Crimes
Independent InstituteOakland: Independent Institute. 6 May 2004. Transcript. May 6, 2004. pp. 32. In this transcript from a recent Independent Institute Policy Forum, "Drug War Crimes," three distinguished panelists discussed the negative effects of the Drug War in expanding violent crime, causing law-enforcement corruption, and attacking fundamental American liberties. The panelists were Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, Boston University Economics Professor Jeffrey Miron, and former San Jose and Kansas City Chief of Police Joseph D. McNamara.
Can We Really Afford a (Failed) War on Drugs [Q&A]
Commonwealth Club of California. 24 July 2003. Transcript. July 24, 2003. Transcript of the question-and-answer session that followed Ethan Nadelmann's speech before the Commonwealth Club of California.
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