Sam Reisman is a writer and reporter, living in Brooklyn, New York.

I’ve been writing full-time about the intersection of drugs and the law for more than four years. I’m currently a senior reporter at Law360 on the cannabis and psychedelics beat.

Specifically, I focus on the emerging body of marijuana and psychedelics caselaw, tracking the legalization and reform efforts in legislatures and at the ballot box, and how players in the industry have navigated the tension between federal and state policy.

In 2023, I reported and hosted a single-episode podcast, “Law360 Explores: Psychedelics,” tracking the changing relationship between U.S. policy and psychedelic drugs, such as MDMA, psilocybin, and mescaline.

Before switching to the drugs beat, I covered the legal industry for Law360, where I broke multiple stories about major law firm closures and was the first to report on the scandal that forced the chairman of the country’s highest-grossing law firm to resign.

Previously, I was a staff editor at Mediaite, the managing editor at The National Memo, and the publisher of the 2010 edition of Inside New York, an annual guidebook to the city for students and young professionals founded in 1978. 

From 2011 to 2018, I co-curated and hosted Peculiar Streams, a showcase for readings of new fiction, poetry, and plays; film screenings; and performances from comedians and musicians.

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