Bruce Mirken has served as communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project since 2001. Prior to joining MPP, he was a freelance journalist covering health and social issues for a variety of publications. His news articles and op-ed columns appeared in such local and national publications as Men's Health, The Advocate, In These Times, the San Francisco Examiner, the Miami Herald and many others. Along the way, he won 11 assorted journalism awards for his reporting and commentary.

At MPP, he serves as both communications director and liaison to the scientific and medical community. He has been interviewed on numerous local and national television and radio programs, and has been quoted in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many other newspapers across the U.S. His letters and columns have appeared in a variety of publications, including the medical journal The Lancet and newspapers across the country.