There are numerous books out there about psychoactive substances or the war on drugs. I would like to recommend some of my favorites:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy Our Drug Laws Have Failed: A Judicial Indictment Of the War On Drugs\u201d by Judge James P. Gray http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-Drug-Laws-Have-Failed\/dp\/1566398606\/<\/a><\/p>\n Drug War Heresies: Learning from Other Vices, Times, and Places (RAND Studies in Policy Analysis) by Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Drug-War-Heresies-Learning-Analysis\/dp\/052179997X\/<\/a><\/p>\n The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Jim-Crow-Incarceration-Colorblindness\/dp\/1595581030\/<\/a><\/p>\n Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics: A Critical Analysis of Claims Made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy by Matthew B. Robinson and Renee G. Scherlen http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lies-Damned-Drug-War-Statistics\/dp\/079146976X<\/a><\/p>\n Innocent Bystanders: Developing Countries and the War on Drugs, Philip Keefer, Norman Loayza http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Innocent-Bystanders-Developing-Countries-Drugs\/dp\/0821380346<\/a> – This World Bank report can also be downloaded from http:\/\/econ.worldbank.org\/external\/default\/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469382&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166093&entityID=000333037_20100325005015<\/a><\/p>\n Drugs: America’s Holy War, Arthur Benavie\u00a0 http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Drugs-Americas-Holy-Arthur-Benavie\/dp\/0789038412\/<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe Legalization of Drugs (For and Against)\u201d by Doug Husak and Peter de Marneffe, Cambridge University Press, Sep 12, 2005 http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Legalization-Drugs-Against-Doug-Husak\/dp\/0521546869<\/a><\/p>\n David R. Bewley-Taylor, \u201cChallenging the UN drug control conventions: problems and possibilities\u201d, International Journal of Drug Policy 14 (2003). http:\/\/www.ijdp.org\/article\/S0955-3959%2803%2900005-7\/abstract<\/a><\/p>\n The Beckley Foundation, Global Cannabis Convention Report, Extended Summary, 2010 http:\/\/reformdrugpolicy.com\/beckley-main-content\/global-cannabis-commision-report-2\/cannabis-policy\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.erowid.com<\/a><\/p>\n Illegal Drugs: A Complete Guide to their History, Chemistry, Use, and Abuse by Paul M. Gahlinger \u00a0http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Illegal-Drugs-Complete-History-Chemistry\/dp\/0452285054<\/a><\/p>\n Sinead O’Mahony Carey, (2010) Psychoactive substances: a guide to ethnobotanical plants and herbs, synthetic chemicals, compounds and products. Health Service Executive South. http:\/\/www.drugsandalcohol.ie\/13725\/1\/Psychoactive_substances.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n WHO – \u201cNeuroscience of psychoactive substance use and dependence\u201d http:\/\/www.who.int\/substance_abuse\/publications\/en\/Neuroscience.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Stanton Peele, \u201cThe Meaning of Addiction: An Unconventional View\u201d, Aug 14, 1998 http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Meaning-Addiction-Unconventional-View\/dp\/0787943827<\/a><\/p>\n The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics by R. P. T. Davenport-Hines<\/p>\n Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World by David T. Courtwright<\/p>\n A Brief History of Drugs: From the Stone Age to the Stoned Age by Antonio Escohotado and Ken Symington<\/p>\n Paul Gootenberg, \u201cAndean Cocaine: The Making of a Global Drug\u201d, The University of North Carolina Press, Jan 2, 2009<\/p>\n ACID DREAMS, THE COMPLETE SOCIAL HISTORY OF LSD: THE CIA, THE SIXTIES, AND BEYOND by Martin A. Lee & Bruce Shlain Copyright \u00a9 1985 by Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain Introduction copyright \u00a9 1992 by Andrei Codrescu Afterword copyright \u00a9 1992 by Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain<\/p>\n The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade by Alfred W. McCoy<\/p>\n Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb and Maxine Waters<\/p>\n The Big White Lie: The Deep Cover Operation That Exposed the CIA Sabotage of the Drug War : An Undercover Odyssey by Michael Levine and Laura Kavanau-Levine<\/p>\n Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America, by Radley Balko, Cato Institute, 2006 http:\/\/www.cato.org\/pubs\/wtpapers\/balko_whitepaper_2006.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Lawrence Schrad, \u201cThe Political Power of Bad Ideas: Networks, Institutions, and the Global Prohibition Wave,\u201d Mar 24, 2010.<\/p>\n Mayor’s Committee on Marihuana, by the New York Academy of Medicine, \u201cThe La Guardia Committee Report: The Marihuana Problem in the City of New York,\u201d City of New York, 1944.<\/p>\n Rufus King, \u201cThe drug hang-up: America’s fifty-year folly,\u201d 1972 http:\/\/www.druglibrary.org\/special\/king\/dhu\/dhumenu.htm<\/a><\/p>\n The Report of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, \u201cMarihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding,\u201d Commissioned by President Richard M. Nixon, March 1972. http:\/\/www.druglibrary.org\/schaffer\/library\/studies\/nc\/ncmenu.htm<\/a><\/p>\n Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, 37th<\/sup> Parliament, 1st <\/sup>Session, (January 29, 2001 – September 16, 2002) – http:\/\/www.druglibrary.org\/schaffer\/Library\/studies\/canadasenate\/TABLE_OF_CONTENTS.htm<\/a><\/p>\n A cannabis reader: global issues and local experiences, EMCDDA, Lisbon, June 2008 http:\/\/www.emcdda.europa.eu\/publications\/monographs\/cannabis<\/a><\/p>\n The EMCDDA\u2019s cannabis monograph addresses one basic question. How can I find quality information on cannabis, amid all the bias and opinion? The monograph is divided into two volumes. The first volume centres on political, legislative, commercial and social developments relating to cannabis. Its core audience thus comprises policymakers, sociologists, historians, journalists and those involved in enforcement. The second volume is targeted at drugs professionals working in the fields of treatment, prevention and healthcare.<\/p>\n BACKGROUND PAPERS<\/p>\n (available at http:\/\/www.globalcommissionondrugs.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n Demand reduction and harm reduction – <\/em>Dr. Alex Wodak<\/p>\n Drug policy, criminal justice and mass imprisonment- <\/em>Bryan Stevenson<\/p>\n Assessing supply-side policy and practice: eradication and alternative development – <\/em>David Mansfield<\/p>\n The development of international drug control: lessons learned and strategic challenges for the future <\/em>Martin Jelsma<\/p>\n Drug policy: lessons learned and options for the future- <\/em>Mike Trace<\/p>\n The drug trade: the politicization of criminals and the criminalization of politicians – <\/em>Mois\u00e9s Na\u00edm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Selected bibliography There are numerous books out there about psychoactive substances or the war on drugs. I would like to recommend some of my favorites: The war on drugs \u201cWhy Our Drug Laws Have Failed: A Judicial Indictment Of the War On Drugs\u201d by Judge James P. 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Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate<\/a> by Robin Room, Benedikt Fischer, Wayne Hall and Simon Lenton (Mar 26, 2010) http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cannabis-Policy-Moving-Beyond-Stalemate\/dp\/0199581487<\/a><\/h3>\n
Psychoactive substances<\/h2>\n
Neuroscience – Addiction<\/h2>\n
History of drugs and the war on drugs<\/h2>\n
Reports and other documents of interest:<\/h2>\n