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Global Issues Guide: Drug Legalization

A starting point for a wide range of global issues topics

DATABASES

  • Credo Online Reference provides articles from specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries.  This is a good starting source for research. Articles can be emailed, printed or saved and citations are provided.
  • Facts on File: Issues and Controversies has in-depth investigations of today's top issues. Pro/Con arguments are helpful.
  • Academic Search Premier provides full-text articles in magazines and journals. Articles can be emailed, printed, or saved with proper citations.
  • ProQuest provides full-text articles in newspapers (for exampel: New York Times and Wall Street Journal), magazines, journals and more. Articles can be emailed, printed or saved with proper citaitons.
  • Films on Demand provides scholarly films and/or clips on social science subjects. Copy the segment URL to use in Power Point presentations or a paper.  Citations are provided.

Library Materials

Websites

  • How to stop the Drug Wars from the Economist, March 5, 2009, a respected British news magazine
  • Legality of Cannabis from Wikipedia.  This article cannot be edited.
  • Marijuana  MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine describes marijuana used for medical purposes and provides links to other sources.

Try These Search Terms

Drug legalization

Illlicit drugs

Marijuana

Cannabis

Medical Marijuana

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