Books

Nelba Chavez and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Key Influences on Youth Drug Use Identified.

Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services, 2001. A statistical analysis of influences on young people leading to the use of drugs.

———, Substance Abuse in Popular Movies and Music. Washington, DC: White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Department of Health and Human Services, 1999. A mostly scientific look at the topic.

James P. Gray, Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001. A recent book that builds the most powerful attack on current drug laws yet.

Lester Grinspoon, Marihuana Reconsidered. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. This marijuana expert, both a doctor and Harvard professor, reveals the misunderstandings behind marijuana prohibition in an intelligent manner.

Lester Grinspoon, and James B...