Axel Dreher (born September 17, 1972) is a German economist. September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ...
He earned a master's degree from the University of Mannheim in 1999 and a Ph.D. in 2003. A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... The University of Mannheim is one of the younger German universities. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Doctor of Philosophy, or Ph. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
As assistant professor of economics at the universities of Mannheim, Exeter and Konstanz, he has worked in fields including:
Although Dreher is a multi-faceted researcher and teacher whose expertise ranges from culture to child development to public health, she began early on to specialize in medical anthropology.
Dreher has impeccable credentials and a wealth of proprietary information on ganja use, but when she released solidly-researched reports showing that children of ganja-using mothers were better adjusted than children born to mothers who did not use ganja, she encountered political and professional turbulence.
When Dreher spoke to Cannabis Culture from her office at the University of Iowa, she was affable and intriguing, pleasantly but firmly defending her right to study ganja use and to publish valid scientific findings regardless of political pressure.