Amanda Reiman, PhD

Amanda Reiman, PhD, has studied cannabis for over 20 years, beginning her activism in the late 1990s with Students for Sensible Drug Policy. After moving to Oakland in 2002, she studied the early medical cannabis dispensaries and conducted one of the first surveys of medical cannabis patients. As the Director of Research and Patient Services for Berkeley Patients Group, she conducted some of the first research on cannabis and harm reduction. As the Manager of Marijuana Law and Policy for the Drug Policy Alliance she assisted in the drafting and passage of Prop. 64 in California. She was Chairwoman of the Medical Cannabis Commission for the City of Berkeley and was on the Cannabis Regulatory Commission for the City of Oakland. She is currently the Chief Knowledge Officer for New Frontier Data, founder of Personal Plants, Ganjier instructor, and Ambassador for the Cannabis Exhibit at the California State Fair.