Research and Projects
Journal
- Special edition on Current Perspectives on Marijuana and Society in the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, co-edited by Ronnie Swartz and Beth Wilson, 2013.
Publications
- Swartz, R. (2010). Medical marijuana users in substance abuse treatment. Harm Reduction Journal, 7(3)
- Gold Gregg J. and AT Nguyen (2009) Comparing entering freshmen's perceptions of campus marijuana and alcohol use to reported use. Journal of Drug Education. 39(2):133-48.
- Humboldt State University Library Special Collection on Marijuana Research (the library has DVDs available)
Video
- Video titled Ecological Impacts of Industrial Marijuana Operations of grow sites by Prof. Anthony Silvaggio and his students.
- Documentary titled Dispensing Cannabis: The California Story : Voices from Inside by Prof. Ann Alter and B. Shaw and S. Spain.
- For streaming videos from our Speaker Series and symposia, visit our News and Events page and Humboldt Digital Scholar.
Graduate Theses
- Adelman, Alisha. (2013) Gender dynamics and social relations of production in Humboldt’s marijuana industry.
- August, Karen D. (2012) Playing the game: marijuana growing in a rural community.
- Bryant, Samantha M. (2011) Public policy assessment of local government approaches to implementing California's medical marijuana laws.
- Haskell, John Edward (2008) A Bird's Eye View: Medical Marijuana - The Patient's Perspective.
- Owen, Anna C. (2012) Industrial and nutritional hemp In Manitoba: A case study exploring stakeholder strategies and legitimacy.
- Trujillo, Colin William (2011) Marijuana, Mexico and the media.
Community Resources
- Here is a link to an external site. Best Management Practices: Northern California Farmer Guide.
Research in Progress
- Eschker, Erick. "Monthly Measure of Marijuana Production"
- Eschker, Erick and Joshua Meisel. "Determinants of College Student Marijuana Production"
- Gold, Gregg J. and S.L. Lee. "How Pre-College Perceptions of Alcohol and Marijuana Use Affect Actual College Use".
- Plume, Jason (2012). Cultivating Reform: Nixon’s Illicit Substance Control Legacy, Medical Marijuana Social Movement Organizations and Venue Shopping. PhD dissertation, Syracus University.
- Plume, Jason. "The Reagan and Bush Drug Years: Path Dependency of the War on Drugs 1981-1993."
- Plume, Jason. "Looking Away toward Reform: Multiple Coalitions of Medical Marijuana Social Movement Organizations in State Policy Making Institutions." Western Political Science Association presentation March 2013.
- Silvaggio, Anthony. "The Environmental and Human Health Impacts of the Marijuana Industrial Complex."
- Silvaggio, Anthony. "Killer buds: Illegal pesticide use and environmental crimes of the marijuana industry in northern California."
- Silvaggio, Anthony. "Environmental Challenges of Marijuana Agriculture in the Age of Prohibition."