Law Reform

General Archives

• Cliff Schaffer's Home Page: A great deal of good reading; some of the best arguments against criminalization.
• Think for Yourself: Articles and Opinions; Conservatives on prohibition, DARE, and more.
• DrugText: Drug Policy and Harm Reduction papers
• Carl E. Olsen's Marijuana Archive: Marijuana as Medicine and Religion.
• Canadian Drug Information: sociology papers, bibliographies, and fact sheets.
• Drug Policy: information at Libertarian-oriented 'Revolution' site; many arguments, cross-linked.
• Drug Control in Canada: 'a legislative and chemical compedium'.
• Cannabis and AIDS: archive about man arrested for selling cannabis to people with chronic immune disorders.
• talk.politics.drugs FAQs: a good introduction to drug politics.

Essays

• Ending our Drug Nightmare: law-reform pamphlet.
• Witch Hunts and Chemical McCarthyism: against ineffective Canadian (and American) drug prohibition.
• Who is YOUR Drug Pusher?: against criminalization.
• DARE Lied to me!: one person's experience with drug education.
• Drug Chat: essay about LSD.
• The Drug Problem: by Leo Savage.
• The Williamsburg Farce: against drug interdiction.
• Drugs, the Solution: against prohibition.
• The Right to Bear Rocks: against government intrusion.
• My Love, My Frog: another essay in the same vein.
• Crime and the Drug War: how prohibition increases violent crime.
• If you support keeping drugs illegal...: then you support a lot of bad side-effects.
• The Demon Weed: an essay on marijuana, the law, and history.

Law Reform Organizations

• Marijuana Policy Project: Lobbying for Marijuana Law Reform.
• Forfeiture Endangers American Rights: Seeking the reform of federal and state forfeiture laws.
• Californians for Compassionate Use: featuring the Medical Marijuana initiative, with a petition for Californians to download and sign.
• Americans for Compassionate Use: 'The medical exception to marijuana prohibition'.
• Drug Reform Coordination Network: 'A Guided Tour of the War on Drugs'; basic information on DRCNet, Activists' guides, and Prisoners of the Drug War.
• National NORML homepage: information about the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
• AZ4NORML: Arizona Chapter of NORML.
• PDX NORML: Portland NORML chapter.
• NORML at Virginia Tech: links, newsletter, basic facts.
• UMASS Cannabis Reform Coalition: with many information texts.
• Massachussetts Cannabis Reform Coalition Inc: hemp info, FAQ, links.
• Chico Cannabis Club: 'a political activist organization whose goal it is to end the prohibition on marijuana.'
• University of Texas Hemp Campaign: with good info and design.
• The Finnish Cannabis Society: basic info.
• Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy: information about Canadian drug politics.
• HempNet: 'dedicated to keeping the hemp activist informed in the state of Washington.'; includes initiative project information, calendars, and more.
• Cannabis Action Network: Berkeley -- basic information.
• Cannabis Action Network: Duke chapter.
• Free Pot Party: an activist's Articles of Incorporation.
• Warstop: 'Guerrila politics for the War on Drugs' -- mostly information against U.S. Representative Solomon.
• The Grassroots Party of Minnesota: dedicated to legalizing hemp.

Those Wacky Prohibitionists

• U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration: ...still losing America's longest war.
• The Drug-Free Marshals!: courtesy of the Church of Scientology.
• Teens: Alcohol and Other Drugs: is your teen suffering depression, new friends, or 'changes to less conventional styles in dress and music'? The problem may be... gateway dr ugs!
• Family Computer Guide to Drug and Drug Abuse: 'help your child say NO to drug abuse'.
• Drug Watch International: 'The illegal or harmful use of psychoactive or addictive drugs is a major threat to all world communities and to future generations'.
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information: 'Prevention Works!'
• The Drug Legalization Debate: Two essays against legalization.
• Legalization is Giving Up: arguments against legalization.
• How To Talk to Kids About Drugs: 'a parent's handbook', with text from works of L. Ron Hubbard.
• League Against Intoxicants: in Norway.
• RAND Subject Index: to smoking, alcoholism, and drug abuse; paper abstracts .
• United Nations Drug Control Programme: Publications, press releases, and links.

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