- On Indications of the Hachish-Vice in the Old Testament
This essay, by C. Creighton, M.D., published in Janus in 1903, asserts that cryptic references to cannabis can be found in the Old Testament of the Christian bible.
- The Legal History of the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in the United States
A speech given by Charles Whitebread to the California Judges Association at their 1995 annual conference.
Marijuana - The First Twelve Thousand Years
A book by Ernest L. Abel
- The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition
Written by Charles H. Whitebread and Richard J. Bonnie. From the Virginia Law Review, October 1970.
- Indian Hemp and the Dope Fiends of Old England: A Sociopolitical History of Cannabis and the British Empire 1840-1928
A paper by Sean Blanchard and Matthew J. Atha.
- The Mythical Roots of U.S. Drug Policy: Soldier's Disease and Addicts in the Civil War
A paper by Jerry Mandel that claims that there is little evidence for "Soldier's Disease" - an epidemic of opiate addiction among American Civil War veterans.
