Legal References on Drug Policy

International Treaties

• Single Convention Treaty on Narcotics, 1961

• Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1974

• United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs - 1988

• United Nations Drug Control Program web site -- contains a legal library

US Laws and Regulations

• Harrison Narcotics Tax Act - 1914
  • Full text of the Harrison Act
• Marihuana Tax Act - 1937
  • Text of the Marihuana Tax Act
  • Congressional hearings and related materials
  • Legal history of the Marihuana Tax Act
• Controlled Substances Act - 1969
  • Leary v. US, the US Supreme Court decision which led to the Controlled Substances Act
  • Full text of the Controlled Substances Act
  • Classification of Drugs under the Controlled Substances Act
• State Laws
  • State Marijuana Laws (from the NORML site)
  • Margolin Guide to the State Marijuana Laws (book)

Canadian Laws

• The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Federal Court Decisions on Drugs by Decade