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1 "Is Marijuana Medicine." Drug Facts. NIDA. April 2014.
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"Epilepsy experts call for more research into medical marijuana."
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3 DEA, Office of Diversion Control, May 5, 2014.  4 "AMA Policy
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8 "American Glaucoma Society Position Statement: Marijuana and
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12 "Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Marijuana" National
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p.1 21 Ibid. p.2 22 Ibid. p.4 23 Ibid. p.19 24 Ibid. p.28 25
Ibid. p.28 26 Ibid. p.56 27 "Substance use by adolescents on an
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teens are more cautious about synthetic drugs." University of
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29 "Sixty percent of 12th graders do not view regular marijuana
use as harmful." National Institutes of Health, National Institute
of Drug Abuse, Press Release, December 18, 2013. p. 1.  37

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30 "The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study: 2011 Parents and
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35 Ibid.  36 "The Debate Over the Drug is No Longer about Liberty.
It's about Health." Antonio Maria Costa. March 27, 2007. Independent
on Sunday, United Kingdom.  37 "INCB President voices concern
about the outcome of recent referenda about non-medical use of
cannabis in the United States in a number of states." United
Nations Information Service.  Press Release. November 15, 2012.
38 "Why Marijuana Legalization Would Compromise Public Health
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at the California Police Chiefs Association Conference. March
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from the Director, Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute of
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director/2013/01/marijuanas-lasting-effects-brain.  40 "Marijuana
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42 "Mental Illness and Heavy Cannabis Use Often Go Hand-In-Hand."
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44 "Nearly One in Ten First-Year College Students at One University
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46 "Cannabis increases risk of psychosis in teens." Telegraph
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47 "Drug Abuse; Drug Czar, Others Warn Parents that Teen Marijuana
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48 Kearney, Simon. "Cannabis is Worst Drug for Psychosis." The
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51 "Memory, Speed of Thinking and Other Cognitive Abilities Get
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53 Kate Benson, "Dope smokers not so mellow." The Sydney Morning
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54 "Neurotoxicology; Neurocognitive Effects of Chronic Marijuana
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57 "A Functional MRI Study of the Effects of Cannabis on the
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28, 2006 www.Canada.com 38

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59 "Teenage Schizophrenia is the Issue, Not Legality." Robin
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72 "Heavy Marijuana Use Linked to Gum Disease, Study Shows."
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76 "How Smoking Marijuana Damages the Fetal Brain." Karolinska
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80 "Marijuana Use Linked to Early Bladder Cancer."
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26, 2006.  81 "Marijuana Tied to Precancerous Lung Changes"
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88 "What Americans Need to Know about Marijuana," page 9, ONDCP.
89 "Decreased Respiratory Symptoms in Cannabis Users Who Vaporize,"
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"HIV Patients: Marijuana Eases Foot Pain." Associated Press.
February 13, 2007.  93 Weiss, Rick. "Research Supports Medicinal
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Carrie Peyton. "Marijuana Can Ease HIV-related Nerve Pain."
McClatchy Newspapers. Feb. 13, 2007.  95 Hashibe M, Morgenstem
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http://www.nida.nih.gov/DirReports/DirRep207/DirectorReport8.html.  98
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99 "Health risks of cannabis 'underestimated,' experts warn."
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of Premature Birth Doubled By Marijuana Use." University of
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"Marijuana grows involved water diversion; Fish and Game called
in." Tiffany Revelle. The Daily Journal.  October 13, 2010.
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September 6, 2012.
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103 Ibid.  104 "Pot farms take dirty toll." Joe Mozingo. Los
Angeles Times. December 23, 2012.
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105 "Growers of thirsty pot are under fire in drought-struck
California." Rob Hotakainen. McClatchy Washington Bureau. March
26, 2014.
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106 Ibid.  107 Ibid.  108 "Pot farm poison; study finds marijuana
grows likely responsible for mammal deaths." Thadeus Greenson.
July 14, 2012. The Times Standards.
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marijuana-grows-likely.  109 Marijuana plantations threaten
national forest resources." Summit Voice. December 19. 2011.
http://summitcountyhvoice.com/2011/12/29/marijuana-plantationa-threaten-national-forest-resources/
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110 Move over meth: Marijuana 'grow houses' an increasing menace."
MSN Real Estate. January 3, 2011.
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111 "Renters turn Brevard homes into pot farms." January 11,
2010.
http://www.floridatoday.com/aricle/20100111/NEWS01/1110315?Renters-turn-Brevard-homes-into-pot-famrs-
%7c-video.  112 "Why growing marijuana indoors is a major
environmental problem." AlterNet. Jacob Leland. December 3, 2013.
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113 "Indoor Marijuana Grow Houses Pose Health Threat." National
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114 "What are you smoking? Study finds pesticides transfer to
marijuana smoke." Thadeus Greenson. The Times- Standard. December
3, 2013.
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pesticides-transfer#.  115 Korn, Peter, "Medical marijuana: a
broken system." Portland Tribune.  April 25, 2010.  116 Jacklet,
Ben "Marijuana goes mainstream in Southern Oregon," Oregon
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October 2003.  120 Gfroerer, Joseph C., et al. "Initiation of
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122 "What Americans Need to Know about Marijuana," page 9, ONDCP.
123 Furber, Matt. "Threat of Meth''the Devil's Drug''increases."
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"Results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health:
Summary of National Findings." U.S.  Department of Health and
Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and
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School Students Report Heavy Marijuana Use in the Past Month:
One Third or More of Heavy Users Also Used Cocaine, Ecstasy, or
Other Drugs." CESARFAX, Vol 21. Issue 21. May 29, 2012.  126 The
Partnership Attitude Tracking Study: 2011 Parents and Teens Full
Report." MetLife and the Partnership At Drugfree.org. May 2,
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use. "White Mountain Independent. January 13, 2011.
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use/article_a6622a0c-1f42-11e0-a38e-001cc4c002e0.html.  128 "New
Study shows dramatic shifts in substance abuse treatment admissions
among states between 1998 and 2008." Department of Health and
Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration,
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"Marijuana Myths & Facts: The Truth Behind 10 Popular Misperceptions."
Office of National Drug Control Policy.  (January 12, 2006).
131 Ibid. p. 77 132 Treatment Episode Data Sets (TEDS) 2001-2011:
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Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Behavioral
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Ibid. p19.  135 Ibid. 19.  136 "Non-Medical Marijuana III: Rite
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http://www.casacolumbia.org.  137 "Early Marijuana Use a Warning
Sign For Later Gang Involvement," ONDCP press release, June 19,
2007.  41

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138 "The Relationship Between Alcohol, Drug Use and Violence
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145 "Metro: Marijuana Impairment Rising Among Drivers." Joe
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146 Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and
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149 "New Study Finds Teens Have Risky Definitions of 'Safe
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163 "FHP: Man led trooper on chase with kids-and pot ' in car."
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187 "LAPD investigates third shooting at a medical marijuana
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193 U.S. Sentencing Commission, "2008 Sourcebook of Federal
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1 202 "American teens more cautious about using synthetic drugs."
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p. 1 207 Ibid. p. 3 208 "National Study: Teen "Heavy" Marijuana
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expected to increase with legalization." Christopher James, New
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http://www.eurekaalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/nyu-poh022514.php.

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