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[1] The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Domestic
Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program releases annual statistics
on eradicated plants and arrests. From 1982 to 1993 these
statistics were published in summary tables contained in the
program’s final report. In subsequent years the tables
have been published in the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice
Statistics. The eradication statistics for 1982 through 2005
are available in downloadable CSV and other formats at http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr2/DCESP.html
along with the program reports from 1982 through 1993.
[2] Webster’s Encyclopedia Unabridged Dictionary of
the English Language. New York: Gramercy Books. 1996.
[3] Cannabis Investigation Section, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice. “Domestic Marihuana Eradication/Suppression
Program, 1982.” Washington, DC: Drug Enforcement Administration.
December, 1982. pg iii.
http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/DCESP/DEA1982.pdf
[4] Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Office of Applied Studies, Department of Health and Human
Services.
2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. See Table H1.
http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/nhsda/2k1nhsda/vol1/toc.htm
2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. See Table 1.31A
http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/nhsda/2k2nsduh/Overview/2k2Overview.htm#chap1
[5] Office of National Drug Control Programs, “National
Drug Control Strategy – 2002”, Washington, DC:
Office of National Drug Control. February, 2002. Table 37.
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/policy/03ndcs/table37.html
[6] Office of National Drug Control Programs, “National
Drug Control Strategy – 2003”, Washington, DC:
Office of National Drug Control. February, 2003. Pg. 30. Table
w/introductory comment: “There are five principal illegal
drug markets in the United States:”
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/policy/ndcs03/index.html
[7] Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement,
Department of State. “2002 International Narcotic Control
Strategy Report.” Washington, DC: Department of State.
March 1, 2003. Pg II-7.
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2002/
[8] Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement,
Department of State. “2003 International Narcotic Control
Strategy Report.” Washington, DC: Department of State.
March 1, 2004. See “Policy and Program Developments.”
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2003/
.
[9] Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement,
Department of State. “2005 International Narcotic Control
Strategy Report.” Washington, DC: Department of State.
See “Policy and Program Developments.”
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2005/
[10] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), “Trafficking
in Cannabis,” Chapter 1.2.4, Global Illicit Drug Trends,
2003 (Vienna, Austria), pg 71.
http://www.unodc.org/pdf/report_2003-06-26_1.pdf
[11] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), “Cannabis
Market - Production” Chapter 2.3.1, 2004 World Drug
Report 2004 (Vienna, Austria), pg 126.
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/world_drug_report_2004.html
[12] Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) “Drug
Availability Estimates in the United States”, NCJ 197107.
ONDCP, December 2002. Chapter 4. Marijuana Availability in
the United States.
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/drugfact/drug_avail/
[13] Gettman, Jon B. “Marijuana in America; NORML’s
1986 Domestic Marijuana Crop Report.” Common Sense for
America, Volume 2, Number 1. Spring, 1987. Washington, DC:
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
[14] Gettman, Jon B. and Paul Armentano. “1998 Marijuana
Crop Report: An Evaluation of Marijuana Production, Value,
and Eradication Efforts in the United States” October,
1998. Washington, DC: National Organization for the Reform
of Marijuana Laws.
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4444
[15] Marijuana Availability In The United States And Its
Associated Territories -- A Report Prepared By The Federal
Research Division, Library Of Congress Under An Interagency
Agreement With The National Guard Bureau Counterdrug Office
(Ngb-Cd). December 2003 Federal Research Division, Library
of Congress. Washington, D.C. 20540-4840
[16] Associated Press. Reported in the Lexington Herald-Leader.
“Eyes in the sky help Kentucky authorities cut marijuana
trade” November 25, 2006.
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/16094614.htm
[17] Los Angeles Times. In Brief / The State / Sacramento.
“Record number of marijuana plants seized.” Pg
B4. October 31, 2006
[18] Boston Globe “Police seize 1,400 marijuana plants
worth millions.”
November 3, 2006
[19] Manchester Union-Leader. Marchocki, Kathryn “1,396
pot plants seized in Epsom.” November 4, 2006. Union-Leader.com
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=1%2C396+pot+plants+seized&articleId=6189640c-1e94-484b-a0b1-b6d437b84aef
[20] Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Office of Applied Studies, Department of Health and Human
Services. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse 2001; National
Survey on Drug Use and Health 2002 – 2005. Public Use
Data Files accessed by way of the Inter-University Consortium
for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/).
The variables utilized in creation of the price estimates
were “MMLSOZS” (Amount of Marijuana Bought Last
Time, Ounces) and MMLSPCTB (Amount Paid For Marijuana Bought
Last Time).
[21] Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Office of Applied Studies, Department of Health and Human
Services. National Survey on Drug Use and Health. 2002-2004
Sample Based Prevalence Estimates. “State estimates
for use of types of illicit drug in lifetime, past year, &
past month for population age 12 and older (annual estimates
based on 2002-2004)”
http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/2k5States/statePE.doc
[22] National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), US
Department of Agriculture. “Agricultural Statistics
2005”; “Agricultural Statistics 2006.” Washington,
DC: Government Printing Office. 2005, 2006. See also NASS,
Statistics by Subject – Crops and Plants.
http://www.nass.usda.gov/QuickStats/indexbysubject.jsp?Pass_group=Crops+%26+Plants
[23] Marijuana is one of the top five cash crops in: Alaska,
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Montana,
North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada,
New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, &
West Virginia. Additional listings of the production value
of marijuana and other crops by state are available at http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr2/stcrops.html
[24] The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Domestic
Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program published final reports
from 1982 to 1993. These reports summarized program activity,
cultivation trends, technology developed for the eradication
program and other aspects of DCESP’s comprehensive effort
to respond to domestic marijuana production in the United
States. These reports are available at http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr2/DCESP.html
along with tables of program statistics in various formats.
[25] Cannabis Investigation Section, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice. “Domestic Marihuana Eradication/Suppression
Program, 1982.” Washington, DC: Drug Enforcement Administration.
December, 1982. Pages iii-iv.
http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/DCESP/DEA1982.pdf
[26] Cannabis Investigation Section, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice. “Domestic Marihuana Eradication/Suppression
Program, 1982.” Washington, DC: Drug Enforcement Administration.
December, 1982. Page 5.
http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/DCESP/DEA1982.pdf
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