Marijuana Policy Project Welcomes Adam J. Smith as New Executive Director
The Marijuana Policy Project (“MPP”), announced that Adam J. Smith will join the organization as Executive Director.
Smith, a 30-year veteran of the drug policy reform movement, brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of advocacy successes that will further MPP’s mission of ending cannabis prohibition and advancing sensible regulations nationwide.
Smith’s extensive career in drug policy reform includes significant contributions to the movement. In 1996, as Associate Director of StopTheDrugWar.org, Adam launched The Week Online, the nation’s first publication providing original coverage of domestic and international drug policy from a reform perspective.
Two years later, Smith launched the Higher Education Act Reform Campaign, the first successful effort to roll back federal drug war era legislation. He also laid the groundwork for the founding of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, incubating the group under his direction for nearly two years until SSDP’s launch as a stand-alone organization.
