Background Materials

 

“What can we learn from the Dutch coffeeshop system?,” Robert J. MacCoun, Addiction, October 2011

 

“On Drugs: Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy,” June 2011

 

“The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition,” Jeffrey A. Miron and Katherine Waldock, CATO Institute, September 27, 2010

 

“Tools for Debate: US Federal Government Data on Cannabis Prohibition,” International Centre for Science in Drug Policy, 2010

 

Report of the (California) Legislative Analyst’s Office on Proposition 19, July, 2010

 

“Altered State? Assessing How Marijuana Legalization in California Could Influence Marijuana Consumption and Public Budgets,” RAND Corporation, 2010

 

“After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation,” Transform Drug Policy Foundation, 2009


“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

 

“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

 

“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

 

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

 

“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)

 

“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