17 Facts About Kevin Sabet

Kevin Abraham Sabet was born on February 20,1979 and is a former three-time White House Office of National Drug Control Policy advisor, having been the only person appointed to that office by both a Republican and Democrat.

Kevin Sabet is an assistant professor adjunct at Yale University Medical School, a fellow at Yale's Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and a columnist at Newsweek.

Kevin Sabet is the recipient of the Nils Bejerot Award given in conjunction with Queen Silvia of Sweden and was one of four Americans invited to advise Pope Francis by the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences to discuss marijuana and other drug policy.

Kevin Sabet spoke in front of Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, and others at the Allen and Company Sun Valley Investor's Conference in 2018 and is a regular attendee; he was seen at Sun Valley in one of his first public appearances since 2020 with Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg in 2021.

Kevin 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.

Kevin Sabet is an opponent of drug legalization and has spoken on behalf of the Obama administration on the subject.

Kevin Sabet is the president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana.

Kevin Sabet is a regular contributor to TV and print media and a blogger for the Huffington Post.

Kevin Sabet began his activism as a teenager, campaigning against the abolition of after-school programs sought by the libertarian-leaning Orange County school board.

Kevin Sabet has testified for the US Congress, Canadian Parliament, UK Parliament, Italian Parliament, and UN bodies multiple times.

Kevin Sabet has been an invited witness at the US Senate on marijuana issues generally, and cannabidiol.

Kevin Sabet has written on the need for prevention, treatment, and enforcement to guide drug policy, although he has argued for abolishing severe sentencing guidelines, like mandatory minimum laws.

Kevin Sabet's articles have been published in newspapers, such as The Washington Post and The New York Times.

Kevin Sabet has argued for removing criminal penalties for low-level marijuana use, though steadfastly opposes legalization while supporting continued civil penalties for use, along with mandated treatment.

Some say Kevin Sabet is arguably the most influential person in the movement against cannabis legalization in the United States.

Kevin Sabet has organized coalition letters to various administrations regarding the central role of Office of National Drug Control Policy in policy making, and produced a video for Biden transition advisors.

Kevin Sabet co-edited Contemporary Health Issues on Marijuana, published by Oxford, which was highlighted by Jane Brody in The New York Times.