Aaron Houston

Aaron Houston is a veteran marijuana legalization strategist and lobbyist in Washington, D.C.

As executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Aaron Houston oversaw the work of a national staff that coordinates students on more than 200 campuses around the world. Named a “Rising Star of Politics” by Campaigns & Elections Magazine in 2008, Aaron is a nationally recognized expert on drug policy and marijuana law having played a key role in pushing the Department of Justice to formally issue written guidelines on medical marijuana in October 2009.  Aaron has appeared on NBC’s Today show, The Colbert Report, FOX News, CNN, and NPR, and his efforts on Capitol Hill were chronicled in a 2007 Showtime original documentary, In Pot We Trust.  A Bloomberg News review of the film noted that, “Anyone wondering how lobbyists operate will benefit from watching Houston. [He] is … clearly comfortable with political combat.”  Aaron attended the University of Colorado at Denver, and in his free time, he volunteers on behalf of homeless individuals and the food reform movement.