A member of the Kennedy political dynasty, Patrick Kennedy was a chief sponsor of the seminal 2008 US Mental Health Parity Act, which required most insurance plans to cover the treatment of mental illnesses on an equitable level to physical illnesses. He retired from politics in 2011 with a goal of using his time to help implement it – but saw instead the “elephant in the room”: the $100million+ movement to legalise drugs. “The unmentionable elephant in the room is that our countries are living in denial of the addiction and mental illness around this issue, and the harm to children.” He was “excited” to meet a like mind in Kevin Sabet and together they founded SAM, Smart Approaches to Marijuana, in January last year. They reveal their motivation.
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