This information is from an e-mail list I'm on. I thought it'd be helpful to us here at DFWN.
Participants on this forum who want valid rebuttals to drug crusader lies for your letters to editors (LTEs) can find a wealth of information in the Schaffer Library of Drug Policy. http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/index.HTM
I highly recommend browsing the Schaffer Library of Drug Policy because you are sure to see ideas new to you. The Schaffer Library of Drug Policy is the most cited source of drug information for essays, term papers etc. Many journalists use the library. Check it out and see why.
An excellent place to begin is by reading The Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs. Although this book was published in 1972 the ideas are still completely valid because the truth does not change.
Each chapter is only 10-15 pages, so you can easily digest a concept with a quick read.
Table of Contents http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cumenu.htm
Part I - The Opiates: Heroin, Morphine, Opium, and Methadone
Chapter 1 - Nineteenth Century America - "a dope fiends paradise"
Chapter 2 - Opiates for pain relief, for tranquilization, and for pleasure
Chapter 3 - What kinds of people used opiates?
Chapter 4 - Effects of opium, morphine and heroin on addicts
Chapter 5 - Some eminent narcotics addicts
Chapter 6 - Opium smoking is outlawed
Chapter 7 - The Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906
Chapter 8 - The Harrison Narcotic Act (1914)
Chapter 9 - Tightening up the Harrison Act
Chapter 10 - Why our narcotics laws have failed: 1) Heroin is an addicting drug
Chapter 11 - Why our narcotics laws have failed: 2) The economics of the black market
Chapter 12 - The heroin "overdose" mystery and other occupational hazards of heroin addiction
Chapter 13 - Supplying heroin legally to addicts
Chapter 14 - Enter methadone maintenance
Chapter 15 - How well does methadone maintenance work?
Chapter 16 - Methadone side effects
Chapter 17 - Why methadone maintenance works
Chapter 18 - Methadone maintenance spreads
Chapter 19 - The future of methadone maintenance
Chapter 20 - Heroin on the youth drug scene - and in Vietnam
There are 70 chapters.
My favorite for citation is Chapter 5 - Some eminent narcotics addicts
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cu5.html
You can find articles about a particular subject of interest by going to the Schaffer Library of Drug Policy Table Of Contents:
http://www.druglibrary.org/toc.htm
A word search can help in finding the exact topic you want.
Here are some favorite sources for rebutting drug crusader madness.
The National Commission On Marihuana And Drug Abuse Marihuana: A Signal Of Misunderstanding: SCIENTIFIC OVERSIMPLIFICATION http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/nc/mis2_12.htm
Psychoactive Substances and Violence
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/GOVPUBS/psycviol.htm
Programme For A Medical Prescription Of Narcotics http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/heroin/programme.htm
Status Report On The Medical Prescription Of Narcotics.
http://www.drugpolicy.org/library%5Ctlcswiss.cfm
Swiss Heroin Maintenance Program Declared a Success http://www.ndsn.org/AUGUST97/SWISS.html
Swiss Voters Overwhelmingly Support Heroin Maintenance Program http://www.ndsn.org/novdec97/swiss.htm
Did Alcohol Prohibition Reduce Alcohol Consumption and Crime?
http://www.druglibrary.org/prohibitionresults.htm and http://www.druglibrary.org/prohibitionresults.htm#a2
Should the amphetamines be prohibited? http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/cu/cu40.htm
Getting the facts right helps in getting LTEs published.
