Jacob Z. Sullum (born September 5, 1965) is a syndicated newspapercolumnist withCreators Syndicate and a senior editor atReason magazine. He focuses most of his writings on shrinking the realm of politics and expanding individual choice.^[1] He was interviewed in the 2004 documentarySuper Size Me.

Sullum is a native ofWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Sullum writes a weekly column distributed nationally. He has contributed essays toThe Wall Street Journal,USA Today,The New York Times, theLos Angeles Times, theSan Francisco Chronicle,Cigar Aficionado, andNational Review, among many others.^[3]

Sullum has been a frequent guest on many TV and radio programs. He has appeared onFox News Channel,CNN,The O'Reilly Factor,Hardball,Paula Zahn Now,The Charlie Rose Show, andNPR while also speaking at the International Conference on Drug Policy Reform and the Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy.^[1][3]

When Sullum first joinedReason in 1989, he was an assistant editor. He eventually worked his way up to becoming an associate editor and managing editor. He previously worked as an editor forNational Review and a reporter for theNews and Courier/Evening Post inCharleston, South Carolina.^[3]

Sullum obtained his degree fromCornell University, where he majored in economics and psychology. During his time in schools, he was an editor and columnist forThe Cornell Daily Sun. He is a fellow of theKnight Center for Specialized Journalism.^[4] Sullum is married and together they have three daughters and two dogs.^[1] The family resides inDallas, Texas.^[3]

Sullum is for anon-interventionist foreign policy and has defended then-presidential candidateRon Paul stating that it is inaccurate to call him anisolationist.^[5] Sullum has also made the case that Presidents, including 45th U.S. PresidentDonald Trump, have been reckless with the lives of soldiers.^[6]

Over the span of his career, Sullum's work has won a handful of awards which include:^[3]

• Thomas S. Szasz Award – 2004^[7]
• Sullum won the Keystone Press Award for investigative reporting – 1988
• First Prize in the Felix Morley Memorial Journalism Competition – 1991
• National Magazine Award for his Reason cover story about treating pain – 1998
• Drug Policy Alliance's Edward M. Brecher Award for Achievement in the Field of Journalism – 2005
• Won first place for commentary or feature in the Southern California Journalism Awards for "Thank Deng Xiaoping for Little Girls" – 2007

• For Your Own Good: The Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health (1998) (ISBN 0-684-82736-0)
• Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use (2003) (ISBN 1-58542-318-1), in which he puts forward the termvoodoo pharmacology, a hotly debated subject.

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