This article is from the Hemp / Cannabis / Marijuana FAQ, by Brian S. Julin verdant@twain.ucs.umass.edu with numerous contributions by others.
Here is a list of some of the must-read books and
articles about marijuana and legalization. Check the
source section of this FAQ for more information about
these and other sources.
``The Emperor Wears No Clothes'' by Jack Herer pub. Queen of
Clubs/HEMP, 1993/1994
``Hemp, Life-Line to the Future'' by Chris Conrad pub. data
pending
``Marihuana Reconsidered'' by Lester Grinspoon pub. 1977.
Harvard University Press. pub. 1993 data pending.
``Marihuana the Forbidden Medicine'' by Lester Grinspoon
pub. Yale University Press 1993.
*** Journal Articles of General Interest ***
``Marijuana Laws: A Need for Reform'' by Roger Allan Glasgow
in ``Arkansas Law Review'' Vol. 22(340) pp. 359-375.
*** Government commissions recommending legalization ***
The Panama Canal Zone Report of 1925, pub. United States
Government.
Mayor LaGuardia's Committee on Marijuana (New York) Report
issued 1944. (Initiated 1938 -- an extensive study of
marijuana) pub. New York City Government
The Final Report of the Le Dain Commission on Marijuana
Legalization, pub. Canadian Gov't
Final Report if the National Commission on Marijuana, 1972,
pub. United States Government entitled ``Marijuana -- a
Signal of Misunderstanding''
*** Court Rulings ***
``In the Matter of Marijuana Rescheduling Petition'' by Hon.
Francis L. Young Docket# 86-22 1989.
 
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