BACKGROUND MATERIALS
"The state of the drugs problems in Europe," European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2009

'"Toward Rational Regulation of Marijuana in the United States: FDA's Role in Consumer Choice and Safety," Christopher P. Edelson (Undated), LEDA at Harvard Law School

"The Epidemic of Pot Arrests in New York City, Harry G. Levine, AlterNet, August 10, 2009

"Legalizing Federal Crime: The Example of State Medical Marijuana Laws," Robert A. Mikos, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 08-05  

Marijuana Legalization Could Yield California Taxpayers Over #$1.2 Billion Per Year," Dale Gieringer, Ph.D., California NORML Report, February, 2009

Talking About Legalization: Parts I and II, Rachel Godrey Wood, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 2009

"Drug Decriminalization in Portugal," Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies, Glenn Greenwald, Cato Institute, 2009

"Foros Para la Regulación de Cannabis en México," April, 2009 (in Spanish)

"Time to Legalize Marijuana? 500+ Economists Endorse Marijuana Legalization," Mike Moffatt, About.com,  2009 (?)

"Commentary: Legalize drugs to stop violence," Jeffrey A. Miron, CNNPolitics.com, March 24, 2009

"How to stop the drug wars," The Economist, March 5, 2009

"Drugs & Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift," Latijn American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, February, 2009

"The Budgetary Implications of Drug Prohibition," Jeffrey A. Miron, Department of Economics, Harvard University, December, 2008

"Report urges regulated market for cannabis to replace prohibition," Duncan Campbell, guardian.co.uk, October 2, 2008

"All the Experts Admit that We Should Legalise Drugs," Julian Critchley, The Sunday Independent, August 14, 2008

"Cannabis debate in Australia,"UNGASS 10-year review, June 4, 2008


"On the legalization--or not--of marijuana," Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics, The New York Times, October 30, 2007

"Drug War Facts," Common Sense for Drug Policy, 2007

After the War on Drugs: Tools for the Debate, Transform Drug Policy Foundation, July 2007

After the War on Drugs: Options for Control, Transform Drug Policy Foundation, February, 2006

"Undesirable Goods, Illegal Trade and Taxation," Jeremy Bertomeu, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, October 14, 2005 (abstract)

"Legalize It!," Milton Friedman, Forbes.com, June 2, 2005

"Legalization: An Introduction," Richard M. Evans, Esq., and Stanley Neustadter, Esq., from Drugs and Society, U.S. Public Policy, 2005

Global Cannabis Regulation Model 2004, Verein fur Drogenpolitik e.V., 2004

Free Weeds: The Marijuna Debate, William F. Buckley, Jr., National Review, June 29, 2004

"Should cannabis be taxed and regulated?," Alex Wodak and Annie Cooney,  Drug and Alcohol Review , Vol. 23 (June 2004)

Reports of the Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, 37th Parliament (Canada), 2001-02

Marijuana Regulation Bibliography , Ethan Nadelmann et al., September 1998

"Optimal Government Policy regarding a Previously Illegal Commodity," Michael R. Caputo and Brian J. Ostrom, "Undesirable Goods, Illegal Trade and Taxation," Jeremy Bertomeu, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, October 14, 2005 (abstract) Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 62, No. 3 (Jan, 1996)

Cannabis Law, (Holland) , Mario Lap, 1994

"How Legalization Would Cut Crime," Steven B. Duke, Los Angeles Times, December 21, 1993

"Legalizing Drugs: Lessons From (and About) Economics," K.E. Warner, Milbank Quarterly Volume 69 Issue 4, 1991 (abstract)

Marijuana Legalization: The Time is Now," Douglas McVay, Chapter 7 of The Drug Legalization Debate, edited by James A. Inciardi, 1991.

"Arguments for a Harmfulness Tax.," Lester Grinspoon and James B. Bakalar, Drug Issues 20(4), 1990

Repealing National Prohibition (Book), David Kyvig, The University of Chicago, 1979






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