"If we cannot end our differences then at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
John F Kennedy
"Marihuana is more dangerous drug than heroin or cocaine."
Federal Bureau of Narcotics Chief Harry J. Anslinger
"If liberty and equality, as is thought by some chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost."
Aristotle
Major Studies and Reports
UK
- The Advisory Council on the Mis-use of Drugs, 2006
Further consideration of the classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 - Association of Chief Police Officers, 2002
Statement On Enforcement Strategy - Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2002
Enforcing Reclassification - Home Affairs Select Committee, 2002
The Government's Drugs Policy: Is It Working? - Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2002
The policing of cannabis as a Class B drug - The Runciman Report, 1999
Drugs and the Law - House of Lords, 1998
Report on Medical Cannabis - The Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence, 1968
The Wootton Report - The Indian Hemp Drugs Commissionm 1894
Centenial Thoughts
USA
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1994
A Wiser Course: Ending Drug Prohibition - National Research Council of the National Academy of Science, 1982
DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge Ruling on medical marijuana
- An Analysis of Marijuana Policy - The Drug Abuse Council, 1980
The Facts About Drug Abuse - The Shaffer Commission, 1973
Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding - The National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, 1972
Drug Use In America: Problem in Perspective - The Consumers Union Report, 1972
Licit and Illicit Drugs - Inquiry into the Legal History of American Marihuana Prohibition, 1970
The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge - The La Guardia Committee Report, 1944
The Marihuana Problem in the City of New York
Worldwide
- Canada: Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, 2002
Discussion Paper on Cannabis
- Excerpts - Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland
Cannabis 2002 Report - Jamacia, 2001
A Report of the National Commission on Ganja - Australian Government, 1994
Legislative options for cannabis use in Australia - Cannabis Control Policy, 1979
A Discussion Paper - The Canadian Government Commission of Inquiry, 1972
The Non-Medical Use of Drugs (cannabis report) - Panama Canal Zone, 1933
Marijuana Smoking in Panama
