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Cannabis use in the United States

Implications for policy

Table of contents

1  Executive summary

• Prevalence
• Legislation
• Marijuana production and seizures
• Marijuana arrests
• Criminal cases filed in U.S. district courts
• Costs of enforcement
• Public opinion
• Future direction of marijuana policy
• The impact of cannabis policy in the United States
• References

2  Pharmacology and health

• Pharmacology
• Health issues
  • Smoking
  • Motor performance
  • Driving
  • Cancer
  • Tolerance and dependence
  • Effects on fetal development
  • Additional concerns
• References

3  The nature and extent of marijuana use in the United States

• Introduction
• Historical perspective
• The National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse
• The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
• The Monitoring the Future Survey
• The Drug Abuse Warning Network (Dawn)
• National Drug Abuse Treatment Utilization Survey
• Drug Use Forecasting (DUF)
• Marijuana arrests
• Criminal cases filed in U.S. district courts
• Drug use patterns among prison inmates
• Growth of corrections
• References

4  Marijuana supply, sales, and seizures

• Potency
• Price
• Availability
• Seizures/eradication
• References

5  History of drug legislation

• History
• Supply reduction in the United States
• Demand reduction
• State policy
• References

6  Marijuana policy and prevalence

• References

7  Enforcement and prison costs

• References

8  Workplace

• References

9  The medicalization of marijuana

• References

10  Public opinion

• References

11  The immediate future of marijuana policy in the United States

• Future direction of marijuana policy
• References

Appendix: State-by-State List of Marijuana Laws

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Chrissy Saum of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies at the University of Delaware and Wayne Roques of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Florida for their assistance in locating reference materials for this report.

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