Jon Gettman
Academic
1957 –
Who is Jon Gettman?
Jon B. Gettman is a marijuana reform activist, a leader of the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, and a former head of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. He has a PhD in public policy and regional economic development from George Mason University and is a longtime contributor to High Times magazine. Gettman filed a petition in 1995 to remove cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act that was eventually denied. A second petition was filed in 2002, with the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, that remains under review by the Department of Health and Human Services. Gettman frequently publishes on the marijuana industry and teaches public administration at Shepherd University in West Virginia.
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- Born
- Aug 20, 1957
United States of America - Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Doctorate, George Mason University
Public policy - American University
- The Catholic University of America
- Doctorate, George Mason University
- Employment
- Executive Director, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
(1986 - 1989) - Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis
- Executive Director, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
- Lived in
- Virginia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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