Ethan Nadelmann speaks to the 2006 NORML conference in San Fransisco 4/22/06. NORML Board Member Dominic Holden introduces Ethan.
NORML Foundation, Chris Goldstein
Ethan Nadelmann speaks to the 2006 NORML conference in San Fransisco 4/22/06. This is is uncut actuality of his speech.
Ethan Nadelmann is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a leading organization in the United States promoting alternatives to the war on drugs.
Nadelmann was born in New York City and received his BA, JD, and PhD from Harvard, and a Masters degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics. He then taught politics and public affairs at Princeton University from 1987 to 1994, where his speaking and writings on drug policy -- in publications ranging from Science and Foreign Affairs to American Heritage and National Review -- attracted international attention. He also authored the book, Cops Across Borders, the first scholarly study of the internationalization of U.S. criminal law enforcement. A new book, co-authored with Peter Andreas and entitled Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations, will be published in the summer of 2006.
In 1994, Nadelmann founded the Lindesmith Center, a drug policy institute created with the philanthropic support of George Soros. In 2000, the growing Center merged with another organization to form the Drug Policy Alliance, which advocates for drug policies grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights. Described by Rolling Stone as "the point man" for drug policy reform efforts, Ethan Nadelmann is widely regarded as the outstanding proponent of drug policy reform.