References

Legal Resources
HB 1371 - Full-blown legalization bill
http://www.trendtrack.com/texis/walks/ma/textdisplay.html?billnum=HB1371

HB 625 - Medical marijuana bill
http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/187/House/H00625

SB 1161 - Medical marijuana bill
http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/187/Senate/S01161

THOMAS - Library of Congress
This is an excellent resource for finding legislation, please use it.
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php

And if you want to find the status of a bill:
http://www.govtrack.us/

Controlled Substances Act
21 USC CHAPTER 13 - DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/21C13.txt

DEA Drug schedules
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/index.html#define

Current MA OUI Laws
http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIV/Chapter90/Section24

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
http://www.leap.cc/


Medical
Marijuana as Medicine
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9586&page=38

Cancer.gov says pot could cure cancer
http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/patient/Page2#top

Occasional Pot Smoking Won't Harm Lungs: Study
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_120639.html

TIME - Is Pot Good for You?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003570,00.html


Social
The Consequences and Costs of Marijuana Prohibition
http://www.aclu-wa.org/library_files/BeckettandHerbert.pdf

Global war on drugs a failure
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/02/us-drugs-commission-idUSTRE7513XW20110602


Economic
TIME - Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1889166,00.html

Should Governments Legalize and Tax Marijuana
http://economics.about.com/od/incometaxestaxcuts/a/marijuana.htm


Opposing views
Press release stating the FDA's position on medical cannabis
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2006/ucm108643.htm


Other pro-pot groups
Marijuana policy project
http://www.mpp.org/takeaction/

MassCann
http://masscann.org/

NORML
http://norml.org/