Michael Krawitz
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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.
Electronic Warfare Systems technician and repaired
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]