Drug Policy Education Group, Inc.

Delbert O. Lewis Memorial Library Project

Book List

This collection is available at 52 community, regional, and college libraries statewide

Books:

Why the Drug War Has Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs,  Judge James P. Gray; 2001: Temple University Press.

Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts, Lynn Zimmer, PhD & John Morgan, MD; 1997: Lindesmith Center.

Cannabis in Medical Practice: A Legal, Historical, & Pharmacological Overview of the Therapeutic Use of Marijuana, Mary Lynn Mathre,  Editor; 1997: McFarland & Company: Jefferson, NC

Is Marijuana the Right Medicine for You? – A Factual Guide to Medical Uses of Marijuana, Bill Zimmerman et al; 1998: McGraw Hill – NTC.

The Marijuana Conviction: A History of Marijuana Prohibition in the United States, Richard J. Bonnie & Charles H. Whitebread; 1974:  The University Press: Charlottesville VA.     

Shattered Lives: Portraits from America’s Drug War, Mikki Norris et al;  1998: Xpressions.

Drug Crazy: How We Got Into This Mess and How We Can Get Out, Mike Gray; 2000: Routledge.

Drug War Facts, 4th Edition; Douglas A. McVay, Editor; Common Sense for Drug Policy 2004.

 Prescription Pot: A Leading Advocate's Heroic Battle to Legalize Medical Marijuana; George McMahon and Christopher Largen, New Horizon Press 2003

Video:

“Illegal Healthcare: Medical Marijuana and Arkansas,” 2002: Drug Policy Education Group, Inc.     

 

Booklets:

Drug Testing– A Bad Investment, ACLU 1999

Drug War Facts: A compilation of useful facts with citations from authoritative sources, Douglas McVay, Editor; March 2001,Common Sense for Drug Policy  

Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Teens, Drugs, & Drug Education Marsha Rosenbaum, PhD.; 1999 The Lindesmith Center

Heroin Maintenance, Heroin Overdose, Cocaine and Pregnancy, Methadone Maintenance, Syringe Availability, About Methadone,and Safer Injection Rooms, Staff Publications, Lindesmith Center

“The Education Issue,” ReconsiDer Quarterly Winter 2001-02;  ReconsiDer, 205 Onondaga Avenue, Syracuse, NY.

 

 Article Reprints:

“U.S. Drug Policy: Failure at Home” by Eric Sterling. Foreign Policy in Focus Nov. 1999; Interhemispheric Resource Center and Institute for Policy Studies; POB 4506, Albuquerque NM.

“Rethinking the War on Drugs from a Quaker Perspective,” by Eric Sterling,  Friendly Fire Spring 2000; reprinted by Criminal Justice Policy Foundation:  Washington DC.

“A Crime Prevention Vision,” by Eric Sterling, CJPF

On Balance, a newsletter of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation.

"Going to Pot: The growing movement toward ending America's irrational marijuana prohibition," by Ethan Nadelmann, National Review July 12, 2004.