More Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy

More Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy

More research is coming forth than ever before on the subject of drug policy.   This page will include recent studies and reports on drug policy.

Schaffer Library Studies  – External Links

Schaffer Library Studies

Year	Country	Title
1994	US	Technologies for Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse and Addiction — US Government Office of Technology Assessment — October 18, 1994
Summary not yet available.
1995	World Health Organization	A Comparative Appraisal of the Health and Psychological Consequences of Alcohol, Cannabis, Nicotine and Opiate Use -WHO Project on Health Implications of Cannabis Use
This report by the World Health Organization states that cannabis use has fewer negative health consequences than either alcohol or tobacco.
1996	Australia	The health and psychological consequences of cannabis use – National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre – Prepared for the National Task Force on Cannabis
Summary not yet available.
1996	Australia	Drug Lore – The Questioning of Our Current Drug Law – Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation
Summary not yet available.
1996	Australia	Drugs and our Community – Report of the Premier’s Drug Advisory Council, Melbourne: Victorian Government, March, 1996
Summary not yet available.
1996	Australia	Beyond Prohibition – Report of the Redfern Legal Centre Drug Law Reform Project – September 1996
This recent report from Australia explores specific options for alternatives to the current drug prohibition.
1996	Netherlands	Drug Control Through Legalisation – A plan for regulation of the drug problem in the Netherlands
1998	UK	House of Lords Report on Medical Marijuana Ordered to be printed November 4, 1998
1999	US	Marijuana as Medicine – Assessing the Science BaseFull text of the report issued by the National Academy of Sciences – Institute of Medicine, as ordered by the US Director of National Drug Control Policy
1999	Switzerland	Cannabis Report of the Swiss Federal Commission For Drug Issues (PDF File) May 1999
2000	UK	Drugs and the Law – Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1971 –  Chairman: Viscountess Runciman DBE
2000	Canada	Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs 37th Parliament, 1st Session (January 29, 2001 – September 16, 2002)

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Schaffer Library Studies  – External Links

External Links

See the CEDRO Library for additional materials on drugs and drug policy, including materials on Europe, and studies and reports in foreign languages.

See Common Sense for Drug Policy for more studies and lots of handy documents with brief synopses of important facts.