Keith Humphreys

professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford School of Medicine, former senior policy advisor to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

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Keith Humphreys is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford School of Medicine. From 2009-2010 he served as senior policy advisor to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. He also co-chaired a recent blue ribbon commission on marijuana policy.

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