Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-United States, 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 2010. This report provides results from the 2009 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which reports on high risk behaviors among youth, including use of alcohol and other drugs.
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National Drug Control Strategy, FY 2011 Budget Summary, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This report identifies resources and performance indicators for programs within the Executive Branch that are integral to the President's drug control policy.
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ONDCP Update: Volume 1, Issue 2, February 2010, Office of National Drug Control Policy, February 2010. This issue includes articles on the increased misuse of prescription drugs in the military, the threat of substance abuse to returning veterans, and Project Hope, a program that provides housing for homeless female veterans and their children. Other features include drug use Myths and Facts and a law enforcement update.
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2009

Inadvertent Ingestion of Marijuana -- Los Angeles, California, 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 2009. This article from CDC's Morbitity and Mortality Weekly Report describes an April 2009 case in which a group experienced nausea, dizziness, headache, and numbness and tingling of fingertips after the unknowing consumption of marijuana-laced brownies.
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Marijuana Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on marijuana with links to source materials.
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Results from the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2009. This report provides the latest data on prevalence and correlates of substance use, serious mental illness, related problems, and treatment in the civilian population aged 12 or older in the U.S.
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Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Assessment 2009, National Drug Intelligence Center, July 2009. This assessment provides a strategic overview of cannabis cultivation and marijuana production in the United States.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) 2008 Annual Report, Drug Enforcement Administration, July 2009. This report presents the results of drug cases analyzed by forensic laboratories in 2008 from the NFLIS.
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National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy, Office of National Drug Control Policy, June 2009. An update of the 2007 strategy, the strategy expands its original focus of stemming the inbound flow of illegal drugs from Mexico and addresses the role that the outbound flow of illegal cash and weapons plays in sustaining the cartels.
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World Drug Report 2009, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2009. This report provides a comprehensive picture of global drug trends, presenting supply (production and trafficking) and demand statistics.
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ADAM II Report Fact Sheet 2008, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2009. The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM II) program is a data collection program designed to gather information on drug use and related issues from adult male booked arrestees in 10 counties across the country.
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ADAM II 2008 Annual Report: Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program II, Office of National Drug Control Policy, April 2009. The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM II) data collection program is designed to gather information on drug use and related issues from adult male offenders within 48 hours of arrest.
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Monitoring the Future National Results on Adolescent Drug Abuse: Overview of Key Findings 2008, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2009. This report presents trends in the use of licit and illicit drugs, as well as trends in the levels of perceived risk and personal disapproval associated with each drug.
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Quarterly Report Potency Monitoring Project, Report 104 December 16, 2008 Thru March 15, 2009, Report 104. Dec 16, 2008 � March 15, 2009. The Potency Monitoring Project is funded by the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), and has conducted an ongoing analysis of seized marijuana samples since 1976.
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The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS): Teens 2008 Report, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, February 2009. This annual study tracks the elaborate and complex attitudes people have about illegal drugs.
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The NSDUH Report: Marijuana Use and Perceived Risk of Use among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2009. This report examines trends in past month marijuana use and perceptions of its risk among adolescents aged 12 to 17 between 2002 and 2007.
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2008

La Amenaza del Narcotr�fico en Am�rica, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This is the Spanish-language version of a report which provides an overview of the production, trafficking, and consumption of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and amphetamine-type-substances in North America.
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Threat of Narco-Trafficking in the Americas, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This report provides an overview of the production, trafficking, and consumption of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and amphetamine-type-substances in North America.
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Marijuana Use Among Students at Institutions of Higher Education, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, August 2008. This fact sheet provides information on marijuana use by college students.
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National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XIII: Teens and Parents, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, August 2008. This report provides the findings of a survey that measures attitudes towards drug abuse.
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Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007, Results Report, IDA Paper P-4369, Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2008. This report extends, improves, and augments previous estimates of trends in the price and purity of five major illicit drugs: powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, d-methamphetamine, and marijuana.
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Technical Report for the Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007, Technical Report, IDA Paper P-4370, Office of National Drug Control Policy, October 2008. This report documents the methodology to the estimation of trends in the price and purity of five major illicit drugs: powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, d-methamphetamine, and marijuana.
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Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Afghanistan and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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InfoFacts: Marijuana, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2008. This resource presents information on the use and effects of marijuana.
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ADAM II 2007 Annual Report: Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program II, Office of National Drug Control Policy, April 2008. This report discusses the data collection and findings from the 2007 ADAM II program. Data was collected in ten former ADAM sites: Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Indianapolis, IN; Minneapolis, MN; New York, NY; Portland, OR; Sacramento; CA, and Washington DC. A total of 4,334 booked arrestees voluntarily completed interviews and 3,345 provided urine specimens across the ten sites.
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Illicit Drug Trends in Central Asia, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Central Asia and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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Illicit Drug Trends in Pakistan, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Pakistan and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Russian Federation and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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InfoFacts: Drugged Driving, National Institute on Drug Abuse, April 2008. This report provides information on the negative consequences of driving under the influence of narcotics, as well as the scope of the problem.
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The NSDUH Report: Parent Awareness of Youth Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2008. This report uses data from a sample of parents and their children to examine overall rates of youth cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use in the past year, as well as parent awareness of their child's use of these substances.
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Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2006-07: findings from the National Minimum Data Set, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2008. This report provides a statistical overview of substance abuse treatment agencies and client profiles in Australia.
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The DASIS Report: Geographic Differences in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions for Methamphetamine/Amphetamine and Marijuana: 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2008. This report focuses on trends in admission rates for methamphetamine/amphetamine and marijuana in different geographic regions of the United States, using 1995-2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) data.
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Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2007. Volume I: Secondary School Students, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008. This report provides data on the prevalence and frequency of drug use among American secondary school students as well as historical trends in use by students in this population.
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Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2007. Volume II: College Students and Adults Ages 19-45, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008. This report provides findings on the substance use and related behaviors of several segments of the adult population. It also contains findings on attitudes and beliefs about drugs, as well as on several particularly salient dimensions of their social environments.
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2007

Exploring the Drugs-Crime Connection within the Electronic Dance Music and Hip-Hop Nightclub Scenes, NIJ-Sponsored, 2007. This study examined how the cultural ethos, behavioral norms, activities, and individual and group identities (subcultural features) inherent in the electronic dance music (EDM) and hip hop/rap (HH) nightclubs in Philadelphia, PA, impacted the relationship between alcohol/drugs and crime, with additional attention to victimization.
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The OAS Report: A Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2007. This report presents facts about adolescent substance use, including initiation, and receipt of treatment for substance use "on an average day."
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The NSDUH Report: Use of Marijuana and Blunts among Adolescents, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2007. This report focuses on past month marijuana and blunt use among youths aged 12 to 17. All findings are based on data from the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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2006

Maroc Enqu�te sur le Cannabis 2005, (French language version of the Morocco Cannabis Survey 2005) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, November 2006. This report provides data on cannabis crop cultivation in Morocco.
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Morocco Cannabis Survey 2005: Executive Summary, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, November 2006. This report provides data on cannabis crop cultivation in Morocco.
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The NSDUH Report: How and Where Young Adults Obtain Marijuana , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2006. This report focuses on how and where past year marijuana users aged 18 to 25 obtained their most recently used marijuana.
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Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade, Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse, May 2006. The Street Terms database contains over 2,000 street terms that refer to specific drug types or drug activity.
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Bulletin on Narcotics: Review of the world cannabis situation, Volume LVIII, Nos. 1 and 2, 2006, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2006. This bulletin contains a review of the current world cannabis situation, focusing on cannabis production, consumption and markets, along with an assessment of the status of cannabis research.
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An evaluation of the Standardised Field Sobriety Tests for the detection of impairment associated with cannabis with and without alcohol, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2006. This study examines standardized field sobriety tests in relation to the presence of cannabis and alcohol.
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2005

Drugs of Abuse: 2005 Edition, Drug Enforcement Administration, 2005. This report provides an overview of commonly abused legal and illegal drugs and their scheduling.
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The DASIS Report: Differences in Marijuana Admissions Based on Source of Referral: 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2005. This report looks at the characteristics of primary marijuana admissions who were referred to treatment by the criminal justice system, compared with referrals from all other sources.
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Marijuana Abuse Research Report, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2005. This report provides information on marijuana use, effects, treatment, and more.
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The NSDUH Report: Age at First Use of Marijuana and Past Year Serious Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2005. This report focuses on the association between age at first use of marijuana and past year serious mental illness.
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The DASIS Report: Trends in Marijuana Treatment Admissions by State: 1992-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2005. This report looks at the changes in the rate of primary marijuana admissions, nationally and by State for the years 1992 through 2002.
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Marijuana and Methamphetamine Trafficking on Federal Lands Threat Assessment, National Drug Intelligence Center, February 2005. This report provides an assessment of marijuana cultivation and methamphetamine production occurring on and transportation through public federal lands.
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2004

Fry Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2004. This brochure answers common questions asked about Fry, which is a street term for marijuana or tobacco cigarettes that are dipped in PCP (phencyclidine) and/or embalming fluid, and then dried.
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The NSDUH Report: Daily Marijuana Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2004. This report examines the associations between daily marijuana use and other substance use, as well as dependence on or abuse of marijuana.
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Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981 Through the Second Quarter of 2003, Office of National Drug Control Policy, November 2004. This report extends, improves, and augments previous estimates of trends in the price and purity of five major illicit drugs: powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, d-methamphetamine, and marijuana.
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The NSDUH Report: Seasonality of Youth's First Time Use of Marijuana, Cigarettes, or Alcohol, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2004. This report focuses on respondents who recently initiated the use of marijuana, alcohol, and cigarettes at an age that was younger than 18.
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The DAWN Report: Major Drugs of Abuse in ED Visits, 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2004. This report examines geographic variation in emergency department (ED) visits related to cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamine.
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Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, B. Logan and J. Couper, April 2004. This collection of fact sheets represent the conclusions of a panel of international experts on drug-impaired driving and include the state of current scientific knowledge in the area of drugs and human performance for 16 drugs.
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Non-Medical Marijuana III: Rite Of Passage Or Russian Roulette?, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, June 2008. This report provides information on marijuana use and its consequences.
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The NSDUH Report: How Youth Obtain Marijuana , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This report focuses on how youths aged 12 to 17 obtained marijuana the last time they used it, from whom they obtained it, and where they were when they obtained it.
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The NSDUH Report: Marijuana Use and Delinquent Behaviors Among Youths, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This fact sheet provides data on problem behaviors among marijuana using youth aged 12 to 17.
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2003

Marijuana Availability in the United States and Its Associated Territories, Library of Congress � Federal Research Division, December 2003. This report attempts to determine the annual amount of marijuana available in the U.S., the major avenues through which marijuana from foreign sources is smuggled into the U.S. and how much of the total production actually gets seized by law enforcement authorities.
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The DAWN Report: Marijuana-Related Emergency Department Visits by Youth, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2003. This report provides data on marijuana, the most frequently reported drug in emergency department visits by youth.
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A Collection of Articles That Address Research on Marijuana, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2003. Included in this document are selections of topic-specific articles reprinted from NIDA�s research newsletter, NIDA NOTES.
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The DASIS Report: Marijuana Use Secondary to Other Substances of Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2003. This report compares admissions with marijuana as a secondary substance of abuse to admissions with marijuana as a primary substance.
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The DASIS Report: Adult Marijuana Admissions by Race and Ethnicity, 2000 , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2003. This fact sheet provides information about marijuana treatment admissions by race and ethnicity.
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Marijuana Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, March 2003. This brochure provides a brief overview of marijuana.
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The NHSDA Report: Characteristics of New Marijuana Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2003. This fact sheet provides data on patterns and trends in marijuana initiation, or first time use.
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2002

Reportes de Investigaci�n - Abuso de la Marihuana, National Institute on Drug Abuse, November 2002. This report provides information on marijuana abuse, effects, and treatment in Spanish.
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Speaking Out Against Drug Legalization, Drug Enforcement Administration, November 2002. This booklet provides factual assertions that presents an accurate picture of America�s experience with drug use and what might happen if a more permissive policy on drug abuse is adopted.
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The DASIS Report: Youth Marijuana Admissions by Race and Ethnicity, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2002. This report provides information on youth treatment admissions for marijuana abuse.
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The NHSDA Report: Marijuana Use and Drug Dependence, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2002. This fact sheet provides data on marijuana use and addiction in the United States.
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Initiation of Marijuana Use: Trends, Patterns and Implications, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2002. This report contains an analysis of the initiation of marijuana use and presents in-depth analyses of the consequences of early use.
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The NHSDA Report: Marijuana Use Among Youths, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2002. This fact sheet provides data on marijuana use among youth, including information on demographics and academic performance.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Referral Sources for Adolescent Marijuana Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2002. This fact sheet provides an overview of data on marijuana treatment admissions among youth.
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The DASIS Report: Marijuana Treatment Admissions Increase: 1993-1999, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2002. This report provides data on marijuana treatment admissions and explores factors related to their increase in recent years.
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The NHSDA Report: Neighborhood Characteristics and Youth Marijuana Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2002. This report explores the links between the perceptions of neighborhood characteristics and marijuana use among youths.
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2001

Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Vol. 1: Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2001. This manual provides an overview of the motivational enhancement therapy/cognitive behavioral therapy approach to treating adolescent marijuana users.
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Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Vol. 3: Family Support Network for Adolescent Cannabis Users, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2001. This manual provides therapists with step-by-step instructions on implementing the family support network (FSN) intervention, which seeks to engage an adolescent�s family in treatment.
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Cannabis Youth Treatment Series: A 5-Volume Series on Promising New Brief Therapies for Teens Who Use Marijuana, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2001. This brochure introduces substance abuse treatment providers to the five volumes in the Cannabis Youth Treatment Series.
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Price of Illicit Drugs: 1981 Through the Second Quarter of 2000, Office of National Drug Control Policy, October 2001. This report presents trends in the price per pure gram and the purity of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and the price of marijuana unadjusted for THC content.
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The NHSDA Report: Obtaining Marijuana Easy for Youth, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2001. This report reviews data on the availability of marijuana to youth.
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Monitoring the Marijuana Upsurge With DUF/ADAM Arrestees, Final Report, National Institute of Justice, A. Golub and B. Johnson, July 2001. This report examines the dynamics of trends in marijuana use detected at 23 locations across the nation served by the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program from 1987 through 1998.
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Parental Influences on Adolescent Marijuana Use and the Baby Boom Generation: Findings from the 1979-1996 National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, C. Schaffran, D. Kandel, G. Lee, M. Davies, and P. Griesler. June 2001. This report investigates the association of marijuana use between parents and children, the differences among parental birth cohorts, and the determinants of child marijuana use.
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Rise of Marijuana as the Drug of Choice Among Youthful Adult Arrestees, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, Andrew Golub and Bruce D. Johnson, June 2001. Discusses trends in marijuana use among booked young adult arrestees from 1987 through 1999.
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Denial of Petition (Marijuana Rescheduling), Drug Enforcement Administration, April 2001. A reply to a petition for the rescheduling of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act.
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2000

Tips for Teens: The Truth About Marijuana, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2000. This brochure provides facts about marijuana.
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1999

Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base, Institute of Medicine, 1999. Provides a review of the scientific evidence assessing potential health benefits and risks of marijuana and its constituent cannabinoids.
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Annual Report on Marijuana Use Among Arrestees, 1998, National Institute of Justice, April 1999. Provides data on marijuana use among adult and juvenile arrestees.
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1998

Marijuana: Facts for Teens, National Institute on Drug Abuse, November 1998. Provides information for teens on the dangers of marijuana use.
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Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know, National Institute on Drug Abuse, November 1998. A guide for parents to talk to their children about the dangers of marijuana.
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The Brain & the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 1998. A slide teaching packet for teachers and health professionals.
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1994

Do Drugs -- Do Time: An Evaluation of the Maricopa County Demand Reduction Program, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, John R. Hepburn, Ph.D., C. Wayne Johnston, and Scott Rogers, October 1994. Assessed a program to reduce use of illegal drugs, by targeting casual users of marijuana and other drugs.
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