Should marijuana be legalized? Opinion couldn't be more evenly divided; about 50 percent of Americans say "yes." But what does "legalization" mean? Making it legal to use marijuana? Grow it? Sell it? Advertise it? If sales are legal, under what regulations? And with what taxes? Different forms of legalization might have very different results.

Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know provides readers with a non-partisan primer covering everything from the risks and benefits of using marijuana to the current laws, to the open scientific questions. The authors discuss the likely costs and benefits of legalization at the state and national levels and explore the "middle ground" of policy options between prohibition and commercialized production. The book also considers the personal impact of marijuana legalization on parents, heavy users, medical users, employers, and even drug traffickers.