# Michael Krawitz

michael krawitz is a US Air force veteran, Executive Director of the non-profit Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access and international advocate for Cannabis policy reform with FAAAT think & do tank. == Biography == Krawitz has been involved in the United States, researching the traditions and historicity of cannabis in the country, as well as working to secure access and availability of medical cannabis for veterans, in particular with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and has extended its involvement at the international level since the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug situation in 1998. Internationally he has been involved in the New-York NGO Committee on Drugs as Executive Committee member, and is a policy adviser of the international organization FAAAT think & do tank for his involvement around the World Health Organization and Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs international scheduling of Cannabis, being instrumental in the efforts leading to the withdrawal of "cannabis and cannabis resin" from Schedule IV of the 1961 Convention, in December 2020.Budryk, Zack (December 2, 2020).