Drug Law and Policy: Research Resources

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Explains DEA requirements for manufacturing, storing, securing, shipping, distributing, importing and exporting controlled substances.

Covers DUI legal issues including prior convictions, arrests, chemical testing, sentencing & appeal; also extensive scientific information on alcohol's effects on the body and medical testing.

Includes definitions & classifications of controlled substances, what constitutes legal v. illegal drug use; covers recent developments in drug law & enforcement, analysis of major drug cases.

Covers all aspects of litigation involving drugs, medical devices, vaccines, and other FDA-regulated prescription products.

Offers detailed analysis of litigation involving frequently prescribed drugs and medical devices, discussing the unique responsibility of each party: manufacture, physician, hospital, nurse and pharmacist.

Authoritative legal analysis of U.S. Supreme Court cases, model acts, collective bargaining and labor law issues and more; also includes how to start and audit a drug testing program.

Expert analysis of pertinent statutory and common law issues helps you successfully represent clients in cases involving private, government, and pre-employment testing; also various standards and technical guidelines for drug testing and listing of drug abuse authorities.

Summarizes hundreds of trial and appellate decisions; subjects include adverse reactions & allergies, prescription errors, failure to warn or test, delay in treatment, synergistic actions, informed consent of patient, and more.

Comprehensive guide to the FDA's enforcement authority, policies and practices.

Encyclopedic legal guide, covering FDA practices, administrative enforcement, and court proceedings.

Federal and state laws and regulations and court decisions.

Expert commentary on practical ways to handle a drunk-driving case, including crime scene and arrest, determining intoxication, jury selection, search and seizure, motion practice and more.

Practice-proven advice for handling drug-using clients, developing trial strategies, drug identification tests, expert witnesses; how to prepare for every critical phase of a state or federal narcotics case.

High quality information about marketed drugs from the National Library of Medicine.

Street names, descriptions, how ingested, and effects on the mind & body of commonly abused drugs.

Image gallery from the DEA; color images of various forms of a drug for visual identification.

Consumer information on drugs, supplements, and herbal remedies from the National Library of Medicine.

Directory of universal product identifiers for all drugs registered by the FDA for commercial distribution.

Consumer information on generic drugs, updated daily; search by active ingredient, patent, applicant holder, proprietary name.

From the Federal Bureau of Investigation

From Common Sense for Drug Policy.

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From the University at Albany.

From the U.S. Census Bureau.

From the Council on Criminal Justice

(1994-2016)
See Title 21 for Food and Drugs
See Title 27 for Intoxicating Liquors

(1996-2017)
See Title 21 for Food and Drugs
See Title 27 for Alcohol and Tobacco Products

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(1994-2017)

Research Institute at the University of Maryland; conducts and analyzes research on substance abuse-related problems.

A non-profit organization dedicated to reforming drug policy, and disseminating factual information and comments on existing laws, policies and practices.

Agency tasked with enforcing the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States; website has a wealth of information, including top stories, latest news, drug fact sheets and resource guide, multi-media resource library and much more.

Agency that oversees the safety & effectiveness of all drugs; website has a wealth of information on drug approvals and databases, drug safety and availability, the drug development and approval process, compliance and regulatory information, science & research, news & events; resources for consumers, healthcare professionals, and the pharmaceutical industry.

A non-profit organization that provides a marketplace for discussing food and drug law issues.

Research and analysis organization created to fill information gaps about marijuana issues; promotes scholarly scientific study, with no advocacy positions taken.

From the National Library of Medicine, of the National Institutes of Health; information about drugs, latest news, clinical trials, abuse and addiction, substance abuse recovery, and more.

A federally funded resource offering justice and drug related information to support research, policy, and program development.

From the National Institutes of Health, information on drugs of abuse, latest science, data and statistics, funding for researchers, news & events.

Information resource to national media on marijuana-related stories, lobbies to permit the medical use of marijuana, provides information on marijuana for personal and medical use, drug testing, legal issues.

Establishes policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program.

Human Rights Watch report on racially disproportionate drug arrests and incarcerations.