Biography
Amanda Reiman, PhD is a social worker and public health researcher. She is the Founder of Personal Plants, a platform designed to help people develop healthy, balanced relationships with psychoactive plants and the Chief Knowledge Officer at New Frontier Data, a cannabis data and insights company.
Dr. Reiman earned her PhD in Social Welfare from the University of California and conducted one of the first research studies on medical cannabis patients and the use of cannabis as a substitute for alcohol and other drugs. She was formally the Manager of Marijuana Law and Policy for the Drug Policy Alliance and taught courses on drug use and drug policy at UC Berkeley for over a decade. An internationally recognized cannabis expert, Dr. Reiman has presented her research all over the world. She has written for/been quoted in The Huffington Post, New York Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone and Playboy as well as numerous peer reviewed academic journals and several textbooks.