This collection of essays explains the benefits and concerns, the policies and actions, and the future of the controversial issue - marijuana legalization.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Part I. Basics
• 1. Legalized Pot Pushes Colorado Revenue Department into New Territory - John Sepulvado
• 2. Local Pot Laws Conflict with National Policies Worldwide - Donald F. Kettl
• 3. A Brief History of Cannabis Policy Legislation - Dereck Glover and Mickey P. McGee
• 4. Marijuana Research Report Series: Excerpt - National Institute on Drug Abuse
• 5. Smoked Marijuana is not Medicine - U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
• 6. The Legalization Lobby - U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
• 7. FDA and Marijuana: Questions and Answers - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Part II. Benefits and Concerns
• A. Opportunities and Benefits
• 8. The Possibilities of Pot - William Smith
• 9. Seniors Increasingly Getting High, Study Shows - Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
• 10. Studies Show Benefits, Downsides of Recreational Marijuana - Ted Yoakum
• 11. Medical Marijuana Emerges from the Shadows - Kevin Harper
• 12. Options and Issues Regarding Marijuana Legalization in Vermont - Beau Kilmer
• B. Business
• 13. Where Will Legal Marijuana Industry STASH its CASH? - Gordon Oliver
• 14. Why Legal Marijuana Businesses are Still Cash-Only - Sophie Quinton
• 15. For this Pot Guy, States are His Biggest Customers - J.B. Wogan
• 16. Firm Brings Cannabis to the Forefront - Douglas Levy
• 17. Business and Citizen Thoughts on Legalized Marijuana - Samira J. Perry and Mickey P. McGee
• C. Health
• 18. As States OK Medical Marijuana Laws, Doctors Struggle with Knowledge Gap - Shefali Luthra
• 19. Could Legalizing Pot Diminish California's Gains against Smoking? - Anna Gorman
• 20. As Marijuana Laws Relax, Doctors say Pregnant Women Shouldn't Partake - Sarah Varney
• 21. Marijuana's Lasting Effects on the Brain - Nora D. Volkow
• 22. The Public Health Implications of the Legalization of Recreational Cannabis - JuLiet Akhigbei, Vash Ebbadi, Katie Huynh, James Leckie, Maria Major, Cara Robinson, Michelle Suarly and David Wasserstein
• 23. Marijuana Legalization in Two States: a Man-Made Public Health Disaster? - Paula Gordon
• 24. Link between Medical Marijuana and Fewer Opioid Deaths is More Complex - Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
• D. Youth
• 25. Teaching Teens the Perils of Pot as Marketplace Grows - Anna Gorman
• 26. Challenging Marijuana Myths - Nora D. Volkow
• E. Workplace
• 27. Drugs in the Public Workplace: The HR Challenge - Joe Jarret
• 28. Marijuana at City Hall - William Kirchhoff and Stephen Zimney
• F. Veterans
• 29. VA Clears the Air on Talking to Patients about Marijuana use - Michelle Andrews
• 30. Marijuana Use and PTSD among Veterans - Marcel O. Bonn-Miller and Glenna S. Rousseau
• G. Stoned Driving
• 31. Opponents of Legalized Marijuana Take Aim at Stoned Driving - Andy Metzger
• 32. Why the Latest News on Marijuana and Car Crashes has Some Experts Skeptical - Daniel C. Vock
• 33. With Pot on the Ballot, States Weigh How to Police Stoned Drivers - Stephanie O'Neill and Ben Markus
• 34. Legal Marijuana Means States Struggle to Address High Driving - Sarah Breitenbach
• H. Concerns and Challenges
• 35. Uncertainties after a Year of Legalized Marijuana - Deborah Sutton
• 36. As the Pro-Pot Movement Gains Popularity, Reservations Remain among Locals - Dylan Woolf Harris
• 37. Colorado's Pot Legalization Creates Challenges - Diane Raver
• 38. Licensing Medical Marijuana Stirs up Trouble for States - Rebecca Beitsch
• 39. Legal Cultivation Challenges and California - Patrick Murphy, Henry McCann and Van Bustic
• Part III. Policies and Actions
• A. Regulation
• 40. The Adult-Use Marijuana Act: Issues and Impacts - Mickey P. McGee
• 41. Managing Marijuana: the Role of Data-Driven Regulation - Stephen Goldsmith
• 42. Medical Marijuana: Do States Know How to Regulate it? - Dylan Scott
• 43. Managing Medical Marijuana - William Kirchhoff
• 44. Marijuana Management: What's Happening Now - Michele Frisby
• 45. Advertising Marijuana - Seth Poe and Alan R. Roper
• 46. A Framework for Regulating Legal Marijuana - Patrick Murphy and John Carnevale
• B. Enforcement
• 47. Medical Marijuana Law Enforcement: Lessons from District Attorneys - Gary A. Craft and Mickey P. McGee
• 48. Medical Marijuana Law Enforcement: Lessons from Police Chiefs - Gary A. Craft and Mickey P. McGee
• 49. A Tale of Two Memos - Seattle
• 50. Berkeley's Medical and Recreational Cannabis Policy - Jim Hynes
• 51. Cloud of uncertainty over Legalized Pot as Feds end Obama-Era Accommodation - Anna Gorman and Phil Galewitz
• C. Bans
• 52. Law, Legalization and the Failed War on Drugs - David Schultz
• 53. As Towns Ban Pot, States Withhold Legalization's Profits - Liz Farmer
• 54. Cities in Santa Clara County Scramble to Ban Marijuana Sales - Khalida Sarwari
• Part IV. Future
• 55. The Connection between Power and Pot - Alan R. Roper
• 56. How to Keep Marijuana Green - Alan R. Roper
• 57. A “Deal with the Devil”? Native American tribes Push for Marijuana Legalization - Zoe Sullivan
• 58. High Praise: Pot Churches Proliferate as States Ease Access to Marijuana - Barbara Feder Oostrov
• 59. Your Grandma's Guide to Grass - Ana B. Ibarra
• 60. Officials Argue for Medical Marijuana - Dave Boucher
• Appendix A: Glossary of Legalized Marijuana Terms - Alan R. Roper and Seattle
• Appendix B: City of Portland Ordinance No. 186857: Passed October 22, 2014
• Appendix C: U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Drug Fact Sheet
• Appendix D: Federal Trafficking Penalties for Marijuana, Hashish and Hashish Oil, Schedule I Substances
• Appendix E: VA and Medical Marijuana—What Veterans Need to Know
• About the Contributors