Recent writings of Richard M. Evans relating to marijuana and drug policy reform

"The president's pot problem," Providence Journal, April 22, 2010

"In defense of Martha," MetroWest Daily News, January 26, 2010

"What's next for marjuana reform?" (with Steven Epstein), Metrowest Daily News, January 7, 2010

"The Senate race and marijuana prohibition," MetroWest Daily News, November 3, 2009

"Legalize the marijuana legalization discussion," MetroWest Daily News, October 11, 2009

"Legalize marijuana--and tax it, too," The Providence Journal, March 25, 2009

"Rethinking marijuana prohibition," Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Mass.), November 18, 2008

"Question 2 landslide opens drug policy debate," MetroWest Daily News, November 9, 2008, republished here.

"A day to remember: Prohibition isn't forever," MetroWest Daily News, December 5, 2008

"Legalization: An Introduction" (with Stanley Neustadter), chapter in Drugs and Society, U.S. Public Policy, Jefferson M. Fish, Editor, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD, 2005 (earlier published as below)

"What is 'Legalization'? What are 'Drugs'?," chapter in How to Legalize Drugs, Jefferson M. Fish, Editor, Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale, New Jersey, London, 1998

"How alcohol prohibition was ended," Druglibrary.org c. 1996

"The VCL: Architects of Repeal," Schaffer Library of Drug Policy, c. 1996

Articles on this website

Legalization and Federal Law

Legalization: a Primer

Taxing It

The Story of Repeal

Memorandum to a Politican

Video:

October 15, 2009. on the Massachusetts legalization bill (H2929)

March 2, 2010, testifying before the Judiciary Committee on S1801