This 60-page report is an evidence-based literature review of marijuana, based only upon research that followed well-accepted research designs, included strong statistical and procedural controls and passed a careful review by independent scientists. Commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs, it is written for a wide audience and covers history, use, social issues, health affects, and medical effects of marijuana in a reasoned and thoughtful fashion.

Jan Copeland, Saul Gerber and Wendy Swift, “Evidence-based Answers to Cannabis Questions,” Australian National Council on Drugs (2006), 89.

Full text available for free at: http://www.drugslibrary.stir.ac.uk/documents/cannabisquestions.pdf