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NOVA-NORML Monthly Meeting on Marijuana Law Reform

NORML is the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, and our speaker will be Dr. Malik Burnett from the Drug Policy Alliance. Visitors welcome--esp. people of color, who are the main victims of the "War on Drugs".

As a policy manager in DPA’s office of national affairs, Dr. Burnett is working to advance marijuana reform in the nation’s capital by supporting Initiative 71, a ballot measure legalizing marijuana, which is being voted on in DC this November.

Dr. Burnett is from Montego Bay, Jamaica by way of Atlanta, Georgia. As a physician advocate, Dr. Burnett recently served as the executive director of a medical marijuana non-profit organization after completing a surgical internship at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. His passion for drug policy is rooted in eliminating the racial disparities which exist in enforcement practices.

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He attended Duke University for nine years as a student, where he completed a five-year joint M.D. and M.B.A. program Duke's School of Medicine and the Fuqua School of Business, after completing a Bachelors of Science in Psychology. At Duke he was very active advocating on behalf of students and under-served communities, and he serves on the Duke University Board of Trustees. He is also an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America.

In his spare time, Malik enjoys boxing, professional and college football, soccer, health policy, international and domestic current events, hip hop, reggae, and jazz.

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