From the Drug Policy Alliance: Drug Policies in Kansas
From the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws:
Look under "Medical Marijuana" and "Drug Use and Addiction". Click "More" at the bottom of each section to see all the linked articles.
Decriminalizing Marijuana from Issues & Controversies Database, 2011
Legalizing Marijuana: Should pot be treated like alcohol and taxed? From CQ Researcher Database, 2009.
Teen Drug Use: Do Weaker Drug Laws Encourage Youths to Try Pot? From CQ Researcher Database, 2011.
Monitoring the Future: National Results on Adolescent Drug Use: Overview of Key Findings from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Mexico's Drug War: Is the Violence Spilling Into the U.S.? From CQ Researcher Database, 2008.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
PDF Document: Drugs of Abuse, 2011 edition: A DEA Resource Guide
DEA Statistics and Facts (# of arrests, seizures, reports)
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
Partnership for a Drug-Free America
From the National Institutes of Health:
National Institute on Drug Abuse
CNBC Documentary: Marijuana, Inc.: Inside America's Pot Industry (1 hr.)
Marijuana Economics, 2009, The Commonwealth Club (total 1 hr. 3 mins, or view individual chapters at 3 or 4 mins each)
4 minute excerpt of Marijuana Economics.
Memorials to people who have died from drug addiction at Partnership for a Drug-Free America.org
Legalizing marijuana : drug policy reform and prohibition politics by 
Marijuana: the greatest cause of illegal drug abuse. by 
Marijuana : opposing viewpoints by Long, C., & Peltz, J. (2011, November 6). A little pot is trouble in NYC: 50K busts a year. TimesUnion.com
Klein, J. (2009). Why legalizing marijuana makes sense. Time Magazine.
Tompkins, S. (2011, July3). Legalizing designer and other drugs could save billions, bring in big tax revenue. McClatchy - Tribune Business News. From ABI/Inform Dateline database.
Trends in the Prevalence of Marijuana, Cocaine and other Illegal Drug Use, 1991-2009 (Centers for Disease Control)
Broad public support for legalizing marijuana. Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, April 1, 2010.
Joffe, A., & Yancy, W. (2004). Technical report. Legalization of marijuana: potential impact on youth. Pediatrics, 113(6 part 1), e632-8. From CINAHL database.
Barnes, R. (2000). Reefer madness: legal & moral issues surrounding the medical prescription of marijuana. Bioethics, 14(1), 16-41. From CINAHL database.
Cohen, P. J. (2010). Medical marijuana 2010: It's time to fix the regulatory vacuum. Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 38(3), 654-666. From CINAHL database.
Office of National Drug Policy. (2010). Marijuana: Know the facts.
Deaths from Marijuana vs. 17 FDA-approved Drugs. ProCon.org
History of Marijuana as Medicine, 2737 BC to 2011. ProCon.org
73 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana (citations & abstracts). ProCon.org. To find out how to access one of these studies, view the tutorials on Finding a Specific Article, or contact Forsyth Library at 785-628-5283/1-800-682-3478 or refserv@fhsu.edu.
Office of Drug Control Policy. (2010). Marijuana Legalization: A Bad Idea.
90 Physicians' Views on Medical Marijuana. ProCon.org
