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needs to know. New York, NY: Oxford U Press, 2016. Print.

Summary: Should marijuana be legalized? The latest Gallup poll reports that exactly half of
Americans say "yes"; opinion couldn't be more evenly divided.Marijuana is forbidden by
international treaties and by national and local laws across the globe. But those laws are under
challenge in several countries. In the U.S., there is no short-term prospect for changes in federal
law, but sixteen states allow medical use and recent initiatives to legalize production and non-
medical use garnered more than 40% support in four states.

2. Iversen, Leslie L. The science of marijuana. Oxford: Oxford U Pr, 2008. Print.

Summary: In this work, the author explains the remarkable advances that have been made in
scientific research on cannabis with the discovery of specific receptors and the existence of
naturally occurring cannabis-like substances in the brain.

3. Earleywine, Mitch. Understanding marijuana: a new look at the scientific evidence. Oxford:
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Summary: Mitch Earleywine separates science from opinion to show how marijuana defies easy
dichotomies. Tracing the medical and political debates surrounding marijuana in a balanced,
objective fashion, this book is the definitive primer on our most controversial and widely used
illicit substance.

4. Bonnie, Richard J., and Charles H. Whitebread. The marijuana conviction: a history of
marijuana prohibition in the United States. New York: The Lindesmith Center, 1999. Print.

Summary: And it's not all dusty documents. There is detailed social and cultural history, and
there are extensive references to the lurid and outlandish press coverage of murderous
marijuana maniacs and the campaign that percolated up from the states to criminalize the
demon weed.

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Summary: Public opinion on the medical value of marijuana has been sharply divided. Some
dismiss medical marijuana as a hoax that exploits our natural compassion for the sick; others
claim it is a uniquely soothing medicine that has been withheld from patients through regulations
based on false claims.

6.Zimmerman, Bill, Rick Bayer, and Nancy Crumpacker. Is marijuana the right medicine for
you?: a factual guide to medical uses of marijuana. New York: Pocket, 1999. Print.

Summary:Millions of Americans believe marijuana to be a dangerous drug that leads to

addiction. Slowly this myth is melting away, allowing the therapeutic uses of the plant to be taken
more seriously and transforming its use from taboo to legitimate medicine.

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Summary:

8: Weisheit, Ralph A. Domestic marijuana: a neglected industry. New York: Greenwood Press,
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Summary: although the domestic marijuana industry may generate revenues as high as 60
billion each year and probably accounts for more than a fourth of the marijuana consumed in the
united states, there has been no systematic.

9: Nores, John, and James A. Swan. War in the woods: combating marijuana cartels on
America's public lands. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2010. Print.

Summary: The inside of drug cartels on our public land and the game wardens taking them on
Americans disagree over the legalization of marijuana, but not when it comes to the pot
plantations fast turning.

10: Chapkis, Wendy, and Richard J. Webb. Dying to get high: marijuana as medicine. New York:
New York U Press, 2008. Print.

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11: Davis, Kevin C., Jane Allen, Jennifer Duke, James Nonnemaker, Brian Bradfield, Matthew C.
Farrelly, Paul Shafer, and Scott Novak. "Correlates of Marijuana Drugged Driving and Openness
to Driving While High: Evidence from Colorado and Washington." Plos One 11.1 (2016): n. pag.
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Summary: A potential unintended consequence of legalizing recreational marijuana is increased
marijuana-related driving impairment. Some states where recreational marijuana is legal have
begun implementing interventions to mitigate driving under the influence (DUI) of marijuana,
including media campaigns to increase knowledge about DUI laws.

12.Cerd, Magdalena, Melanie Wall, Tianshu Feng, Katherine M. Keyes, Aaron Sarvet, John
Schulenberg, Patrick M. OMalley, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Sandro Galea, and Deborah S.
Hasin. "Association of State Recreational Marijuana Laws With Adolescent Marijuana Use."
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Summary:

13.Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo, Jamie F. Chriqui, Deborah A. Reichmann, and Yvonne M. Terry-
Mcelrath. "State Medical Marijuana Laws: Understanding the Laws and Their Limitations."
Journal of Public Health Policy 23.4 (2002): 413. Web.
Summary:Significant attention has been given to the debate regarding allowances for medical
marijuana use since the 1996 California and Arizona ballot initiatives. State medical marijuana
allowances, however, have existed since the mid-1970s. Much of the current debate stems from
confusion about the various ways states approach the issue. In this paper, we present original
legal research on current state medical marijuana laws identifying four different ways states
statutorily enable the medical use of marijuana.

14.Bull, Sheana S., Ashley Brooks-Russell, Jonathan M. Davis, Rebecca Roppolo, and Karen
Corsi. "Awareness, Perception of Risk and Behaviors Related to Retail Marijuana Among a
Sample of Colorado Youth." Journal of Community Health 42.2 (2016): 278-86. Web.

Summary:Youth marijuana use is a growing concern with increasingly permissive views towards
marijuana use. Little is known about attitudes and beliefs toward marijuana use among youth in
the context of legalization

15. Reinarman, Craig, Helen Nunberg, Fran Lanthier, and Tom Heddleston. "Who Are Medical
Marijuana Patients? Population Characteristics from Nine California Assessment Clinics."
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 43.2 (2011): 128-35. Web

Summary:Marijuana is a currently illegal psychoactive drug that many physicians believe has
substantial therapeutic uses. The medical literature contains a growing number of studies on
cannabinoids as well as case studies and anecdotal reports suggesting therapeutic potential.