Ethan Nadelmann's farewell letter to Drug Policy Alliance staff

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Ethan Nadelmann's farewell letter to Drug Policy Alliance staff

30 January 2017

Dear DPA'ers:

The time has come for me to step aside as executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance.

This is just about the toughest decision I've ever made but it feels like the right time for me personally and also for DPA. It's almost twenty-three years since I started The Lindesmith Center and approaching seventeen years since we merged with the Drug Policy Foundation to create DPA. We've grown from little more than an idea into a remarkable advocacy organization that has built, led and defined a new political and cultural movement.

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