Cannabis Science, Inc. announced that Hon. Ronald V. Dellums has been appointed the Chairman of the new International Government Affairs Board of CBIS. As a member and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Mr. Dellums used his leadership to question US policy and brought about the first real strategic debates on military policy in the post-Cold War world.

He was a key member of the first congressional group to visit the Soviet Union and used that visit to engage his counterparts in discussions about the need to find lasting solutions for peace. Mr. Dellums chaired the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' Commission on the Status of Boys and Men of Color, which pioneered addressing the structural barriers to the physical, emotional, and social advancement of boys and men of color.