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Michael Alan Krawitz is a US Air force veteran, [1] Executive Director of the non-profit Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access, [2] researcher on the history of medical cannabis, and international advocate for cannabis policy reform [3] with FAAAT think & do tank and the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines. [4]
Krawitz served in the United States Air Force from 1981 to 1986 as an Electronic Warfare Systems Technician working on avionics on-board B-52 bombers and was a sergeant. [1] He was stationed in Guam.
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Apart from his military career, Krawitz has been involved in the United States, [5] researching the traditions and historicity of cannabis in the country, [6] as well as working to secure access and availability of medical cannabis [7] for veterans, [8] in particular with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs [9] [10] and has extended its involvement at the international level since the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug situation in 1998 throughout the 2020s. [11]
Internationally he has been involved in the New-York NGO Committee on Drugs as Executive Committee member, [12] as patient representative of the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines. [4] Krawitz is also policy adviser of the organization FAAAT think & do tank [13] for his involvement around the World Health Organization [14] [15] [16] and Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs international scheduling of Cannabis, [17] [18] being instrumental in the efforts leading to the withdrawal of "cannabis and cannabis resin" from Schedule IV of the 1961 Convention, [19] in December 2020. [20] [21] [22] [23]
Krawitz is also working on the creation of Appellation of Origin and other intellectual property tools for traditional Cannabis products, [24] both in the United States, participating as a board member of the Californian farmers organization Origins Council, [25] and internationally as a registered observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization. [26]
Since 2021, he has been member of board of advisors to the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council). [27]
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