DRUG LEGALIZATION

Definition: The act of making recreational drugs, such as marijuana, legal.


Legalizing marijuana: drug policy reform and prohibition politics HV5822.M3 G47 2004	Drugs : should we legalize, decriminalize, or deregulate? HV5825 .D88 1998	How to legalize drugs HV5825 .H69 1998


eBook Link	eBook Link	eBook Link
US Foreign Policy and the War On Drugs: Displacing the Cocaine and Heroin Industry	The Cocaine War: In Context: Drugs and Politics	Drugs and Society

RELEVANT SUBJECT HEADINGS: Drug legalization; Narcotic laws; Marijuana -- Government policy -- United States.

NARROW YOUR TOPIC:
	What would be the effects of legalizing a particular drug (marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.)?
	What have been the effects in countries, which have experimented with different policies (the Netherlands, Switzerland, England, Canada etc.)?
	What would be legalization’s effect on crime, the criminal justice system, and drug rehabilitation system?
	What would be the economic effects (taxation, federal budget reallocations, etc.) of legalization?
	How would legalization compare to prohibition?
	Should other states follow California in allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana in the treatment of disease (AIDS, glaucoma) as has been done in.
	What could be done to avoid Colombia's experience since 1994 when the Constitutional Court legalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin?


SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:
	The War on Drugs	Reference HV 5804 C47 1999
	Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, & Addictive Behavior	Reference HV 5804 E53 2001

STATISTICS:

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

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CQ Researcher - Legalization of Marijuana

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