Costs of Marijuana Prohibition
- DEA Robs California of Millions in Tax Revenues; Seizes Tax Payments from State Board of Equalization (12/13/2007)
- Report: California's Billion-Dollar Medical Marijuana Market Offers Millions in Tax Revenues, But Federal Policy Impedes Collection(1/3/2007)
- Upswing in California marijuana prisoners reported in 2005.
- California's Flood of Pot Prisoners (2001)
- California NORML analysis estimates legalization could net state $1.5-$2.5 billion in taxes, reduced enforcement costs.
- Marijuana Arrests Stable in California 1996 - 2004.
- California marijuana arrests 1960-2001. A sharp decline in felony marijuana arrests since decriminalization in 1975 saved the state an estimated $100 million per year in arrest, prosecution and prison costs.
- California marijuana arrest statistics (2002). African-Americans overrepresented by a factor of five in felony marijuana charges.
- The Story of California's Failed War on Pot
- Economic Benefits of Marijuana Legalization
- The Forgotten History of Cannabis Prohibition in California: 1913 to present.
- The story of Jack London, California's Cannabis Pioneer
- More famous marijuana users at www.veryimportantpotheads.com
- 100th Anniversary of Federal Drug Laws 1906-2006:
"Centennial of an Unnatural Disaster" - 35th Anniversary of Presidential Commission on Marihuana Report Finds Failed Laws Still in Place - March 22nd 1952-2007.
- California's War on Drugs a 100-Year Old Bust - March 6th 1907 - 2007.