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The links below form the sources for "The People Have Spoken: Medical Marijuana Polling 1996-2002." The numbers in parentheses cross reference to specific polls. Please see the data tables. Links to some sites may reference polling information only. Some links may be repeated on the OPN Links page.
MediaColumbus Free Press. Erney, Busher, & Associates poll in April 1998, (#13) Poll of Columbus/Franklin County voters.
Media Awareness Project. The largest project of DrugSense, the Media Awareness Project (MAP) archives more than 80,000 newspaper, magazine, and World Wide Web articles about the "war on drugs" and drug policy. The database is fully searchable.
PoliticalCommittee on the Study of the American Electorate. A research center for public policy questions involving voter participation and turnout. Associated with the Graduate School of Political Management of The George Washington University.
Press release about 2000 Election: (link no longer valid)
Green Party. A "third" political party committed to environmentalism, non-violence, social justice and grassroots organizing.
Libertarian Party. A "third" political party committed to America's heritage of freedom: individual liberty and personal responsibility, a free-market economy of abundance and prosperity, and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade.
No Jail For Pot: (link no longer valid)
Drug Policy Reform OrganizationsAdopt a Green Prisoner. Support organization for medical marijuana patients who are or have been incarcerated. Founded by medical marijuana patient and prisoner, Will Foster.
DRCNet. A national network of more than 21,000 activists and concerned citizens including parents, educators, students, lawyers, health care professionals, academics, and others working for drug policy reform from a variety of perspectives, including harm reduction, reform of sentencing and forfeiture laws, medicalization of currently schedule I drugs, and promotion of an open debate on drug prohibition.
Drug Policy Alliance. A national drug policy organization working to broaden and better inform the public debate on drug policy and related issues. Formerly the Lindesmith Center and Drug Policy Foundation.
Qmark Research sponsored by Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Feb 2000 (#31) (link no longer valid)
Lake Research, Feb 1997 (#2): (link no longer valid)
Is My Medicine Legal Yet. Founded by medical marijuana patient, Jacki Rickert, this not-for-profit patient and care provider-based organization provides information and advances public education regarding the therapeutic use of cannabis.
Levelers. An Internet organization formed in the 300-year tradition of the Levelers, a alliance of agitators and pamphleteers who came together during the English Civil War (1642-1648) to demand constitutional reform and equal rights under the law.
Marijuana Policy Project. A national lobbying organization dedicated to minimizing the harm associated with marijuana and marijuana prohibition.
New Mexico NORML Delta-9. Feb. 2001 (#37) and Research and Polling New Mexico Drug Reform Study for the Lindesmith Center, Mar. 2001 (#39) ().
Shaffer Library of Drug Policy. From DRCNet, this library of drug policy includes major studies of drugs and drug policy, history of the drugs and drug laws, medical marijuana research, government publications on drugs and drug policy, and charts and graphs of drug war statistics Information on specific drugs.
Students for Sensible Drug Policies (SSDP). Student organization advocating alternatives to the "War on Drugs," that formed after passage of the Higher Education Act in 1998 which denies financial aid to students with drug convictions.
Polling OrganizationsCirili Associates. Sept. 2000 (#34) A Denver-based research and consulting firm specializing in public policy, community and cultural affairs and strategic planning
Fairbank, Maslin, Maulin & Associates. Provides policy-oriented public opinion research and consulting and conducts quantitative surveys and various types of qualitative opinion research.
The Gallup Organization. A for-profit think-tank and world famous polling organization that has studied human nature and behavior for more than 70 years.
National poll, Mar. 1999 (#25): (link no longer valid)
Poll about media reports (PDF file) June 2001 (#47): (link no longer valid)
Poll about media reports (PDF file) June 2001 (#47):
Mason Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. an independent polling firm that conducts voter surveys for news media, lobbyists, interest groups, trade associations and political action committees. (conducted polls #33, 23, and 16)
PollingReport.com. An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.
Survey USA. Apr. 2001 (#40-43) Conducts scientific random-sample opinion research under long-term contract for the nation's largest media companies. SurveyUSA is America’s largest regional pollster.
Zogby International. Nov. 2001 (#50) & Apr. 1999 (#26) The renowned polling organization whose mission is "to offer the best polling, market research, and information services worldwide based on accuracy and detailed strategic information."
Medical and Historical SourcesChronic Cannabis Use in the Compassionate Investigational New Drug Program. This groundbreaking study completed in early 2002 investigated the therapeutic benefits and adverse effects of prolonged use of "medical marijuana” among four of the remaining seven patients to participate in the Compassionate IND program, all of whom still receive cannabis regularly from the federal government.
GW Pharmaceuticals. This company based in the United Kingdom is currently conducting clinical trials on cannabis-based medications.
Institute of Medicine Report. Commissioned by the Office of National Drug Control Policy and released in 1999, Marijuana as Medicine: Assessing the Science Base represents the most exhaustive review of marijuana studies and literature to date. It established the potential of marijuana as medicine and debunked several commonly-held theories.
Lorenzo, Indalecio, "The Therapeutic Use of Cannabis sativa (L.) in Arabic Medicine." Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics. Volume 1, Number 1 2001. p. 63.
Marijuana Rx. A book by Robert C. Randall and Alice O'Leary who are cofounders of the Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics, the first non-profit organization dedicated to reforming the laws prohibiting medical marijuana use. Robert Randall was the first patient to receive marijuana from the federal government in the Compassionate IND program.
OtherCarter Center. In partnership with Emory University, the noted organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter, committed to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering. Monitors elections worldwide.
Medscape’s Poll Results on Medical Marijuana. Aug. 2001 (#48) (link no longer valid)
Vaults of Erowid. An online library of information about psychoactive plants and chemicals and related topics.
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