What This Guide Contains
Welcome to National Families in Action’s Guide to Drug-Related Ballot Initiatives. This guide provides a comprehensive understanding of the issues that underlie drug initiatives placed on state ballots since 1996. Features include:
Commentary
Sponsors explain how they are using the ballot initiative process to legalize drugs.
Initiatives
A state-by-state list of drug initiatives. Click the title of an initiative to read:
Summary
Full Text
Sponsors
Opponents
Analysis
Funders
What Proponents Say
What Opponents Say
Dependency and Use Ranking
Organizations
A list of organizations that sponsor, fund, oppose, support, or oppose the initiatives. Click these links for detailed profiles of each.
People
A list of people who sponsor, fund, oppose, support, or oppose the initiatives. Click these links for detailed profiles of each.
State Rankings
A list of all states, ranked by levels of drug dependence and drug use. With few exceptions, initiative states (in red) have the highest levels of drug use and drug dependence in the nation.