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Legal References on Drug Policy

International Treaties

• Single Convention Treaty on Narcotics, 1961

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

US Laws and Regulations

• 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 Marijuana Laws (from the NORML site)

Federal Court Decisions on Drugs by Decade