Remembering Dr. John P. Morgan

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Remembering Dr. John P. Morgan Dr. John P. Morgan, a drug policy reform leader and close friend to the U.S. Drug Policy Alliance, died suddenly last Friday of acute myeloid leukemia. Morgan was a professor of pharmacology at the City University of New York Medical School for 26 years until he retired in 2004, and published widely in medical journals on pharmacology, drug toxicity and other topics. Morgan was well known and well loved in the drug policy reform movement. Along with sociologist Lynn Zimmer, Morgan co-authored Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts, an iconic book that used sound scientific evidence to debunk popular myths about marijuana. He was also a frequent presenter at the biennial International Drug Policy Reform Conference hosted by DPA. Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, remembers his friend and colleague here: http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/022208morgan.cfm. Morgan is also remembered by DPA's Marsha Rosenbaum here: http://blog.drugpolicy.org/2008/02/memories-of-dr-john-morgan.html, and you can read a tribute by Jacob Sullum of Reason Magazine here: http://www.reason.com/blog/show/125029.html.