Marijuana advocacy group Drug Policy Alliance hires director

One of the nation’s top marijuana reform organizations, Drug Policy Alliance, has a new leader.

DPA’s board of directors on Tuesday unanimously selected Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno to serve as executive director, according to a news release.

McFarland Sanchez-Moreno – currently a co-director of Human Rights Watch’s U.S. program – replaces Ethan Nadelmann.

Nadelmann stepped down as head of the New York-based nonprofit on May 1 after leading the organization for 17 years.

McFarland Sanchez-Moreno – who will take the DPA helm on Sept. 5 – has roughly 13 years of drug policy experience with Human

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