Drug Policy & Public Health Strategies Clinic
You may contact Jenny Smith, the course liaison, for research-related questions at jsmith@law.umaryland.edu.
Primary Law | HIPAA | Agencies, Associations, and NGOs | Secondary Sources: Journals | Additional Electronic Resources | Brief Bibliography of Print Resources | Lexis | Westlaw
Primary Law
Legislative Materials
Statutes relating to the Drug Policy & Public Health Strategies Clinic exist at both the federal and state levels.
Some useful electronic sources of statutory and legislative materials are linked below. For more information on federal legislative research, including federal legislative history, see Chapter 5 and Chapter 10 of the Thurgood Marshall Law Library Guide to Legal Research. For more information on state legislative research, including Maryland legislative history, see Chapter 9 of the Thurgood Marshall Law Library Guide to Legal Research.
Federal:
- THOMAS
- United States Code (searchable full text on the House of Representatives' Office of the Law Revision Counsel page)
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) (Pub.L. 101-336, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 327) (DOJ)
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Maryland:
- Baltimore City Charter and Codes
- Maryland General Assembly
- Maryland Bills on Crimes and Punishments
- Maryland Bills on Housing
- Maryland Bills on Search and Seizure
- Maryland Bills on Alcoholic Beverages
- Maryland Bills on Controlled Dangerous Substances
- Maryland Bills on Drugs
- Maryland Code Health General, Sections 15-101 to 15-135
- Maryland Code Family Law, Title 5. Children, Subtitle 12. Integration Of Child Welfare And Substance Abuse Treatment Services
Lexis:
- Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct
- Maryland Rules Governing Admission to the Bar, Rule 16, Legal Assistance by Law Students
- Michie's Maryland Code Annotated, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined (MDCODE)
- USCS - United States Code Service: Code, Const, Rules, Conventions & Public Laws (USCODE)
- US - CIS Legislative Histories
Westlaw:
- West's Annotated Code of Maryland (Annotated) (MD-ST-ANN)
- Maryland Legislative Service (MD-LEGIS)
- Federal Statutes (USCA)
Administrative Materials
For more information on researching Maryland administrative law, see Chapter 9 of the Thurgood Marshall Law Library Guide to Legal Research.
For more information on researching federal administrative law, see Chapter 6 and Chapter 10 of the Thurgood Marshall Law Library Guide to Legal Research.
Federal:
- Code of Federal Regulations (GPOAccess)
- Federal Register (searchable full text)
- Generally, 42 CFR Chapter IV Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department Of Health And Human Services
- Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records (42 CFR Part 2)
- ADA Title II Regulations (28 CFR Part 35)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
Maryland:
Lexis:
- MD - Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR)
- MD - Maryland Register (MDRGST)
- MD Agencies & Attorney General Opinions, Combined (MDAGEN)
- National
Reporter on Legal Ethics & Prof. Responsibility - MD Opinions
(MDETOP)
Westlaw:
Federal Government Agencies:
- Multi-agency health initiatives
http://www.health.gov/ - Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/ - Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/ - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.samhsa.gov/ - Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
http://prevention.samhsa.gov/ - Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/csat2002/index.html - National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
http://www.health.org/ - Information on Drugs and Alcohol
http://www.health.org/dbases/search.aspx?db=1 - Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov/ - Housing Discrimination Complaints
http://www.hud.gov/complaints/housediscrim.cfm - HUD Client Information and Policy System (HUDCLIPS)
https://entp.hud.gov/qckstart/hudclips.htm - HUD Forms Database
http://www.hudclips.org/sub_nonhud/html/forms.htm - Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/ - Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ - Department of Justice – ADA Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm - Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/index.htm - Working Partners Substance Abuse Information Database
(SAID)
http://said.dol.gov/ - Drug Enforcement Administration
- Federal Trafficking Penalties
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/agency/penalties.htm - Washington, D.C. Field Office
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/wdo.html - Maryland Facts
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/maryland.html
- Federal Trafficking Penalties
- Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research
http://www.fda.gov/cder/ - National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov - National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/ - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDAHOME.html - National Council on Disability
http://www.ncd.gov/ - White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/ - Maryland Profile and Offices
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/statelocal/md/index.html - Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Area (HIDTA)
http://www.hidta.org/index.asp
Maryland Government Agencies:
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration
http://www.maryland-adaa.org/ka/index.cfm - COMAR Chapter 10 Subtitle 47 Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/subtitle_chapters/10_Chapters.htm#Subtitle47 - ADAA Publications
http://www.maryland-adaa.org/ka/ka-2.cfm?folder_id=161 - Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention
http://www.goccp.org/ - Office of the Attorney General - Tobacco Legislation and
Litigation
http://www.oag.state.md.us/tobacco/smoke.htm - Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/ - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration
http://maryland-adaa.org/ - AIDS Administration
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/AIDS//index.htm - Maryland Medical Care Programs
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/medcareprog/index.htm - Medicaid/Medical Assistance Overview
- HealthChoice Medicaid Managed Care Program
http://dhmh.state.md.us/mma/healthchoice/ - Maryland Medicaid Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/mma/mmac_overview.htm - Reports and Publications
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/mma/html/reppubs.html - Maryland Commission on Human Relations
http://www.mchr.state.md.us/ - How to File a Complaint of Housing Discrmination
http://www.mchr.state.md.us/housecomplaint.html - Form to File a Complaint of Discrimination
http://www.mchr.state.md.us/webcontacts/webcontacts2.html - MCHR Mediation Service
http://www.mchr.state.md.us/newmediationpage.html - Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings
http://www.oah.state.md.us/ - Maryland Department of Legislative Services
- Maryland's Legislative Drafting Manual 2005
- Maryland State Archives
- Annotated Code of Maryland (Michie's) Court Rules
- Criminal Law Reporter
- Family Law Reporter
- Lawyer's Manual on Professional Conduct
- United States Law Week
- MD Cases, Administrative Decisions & Attorney General Opinions, Combined (MDCASE)
- MD State Cases, Combined (MDCTS) for Criminal, Family and Elder Cases
- MD - Maryland Court Rules (MDRULE)
- MD - Local Rules of U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts in Maryland (MDFRUL)
- MD Civil Procedure Cases (CIVPRO)
- State & Federal Courts (MD-CS-ALL)
- Maryland Court Rules (MD-RULES)
- Maryland State and Federal Trial Court Filings (MD-FILING-ALL)
- Maryland Briefs Multibase (MD-BRIEF-ALL)
- Maryland Court of Appeals Briefs (MD-COA-BRIEF)
- Maryland Court of Special Appeals Briefs (MD-COSA-BRIEF)
- State Briefs All (STATE-BRIEF-ALL)
- Civil Rights (MDCIV-CS)
- Maryland Criminal Justice Cases (MDCJ-CS)
- Family Law (MDFL-CS)
- Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility (MDETH-CS)
- Federal Judiciary
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Cornell Legal Information Institute
- U.S. Courts of Appeal
- U.S. District Courts
- United State District Court for the District of Maryland
- Maryland Judiciary
- Appellate Court Opinions
- Bail System Task Force
- Department of Family Administration
- Maryland Judiciary Foster Care Court Improvement Project
- Guidelines of Advocacy for Attorneys Representing Children in CINA and Related TPR and Adoption Procedings
- Improving Court Performance for Abused and Neglected Children, 1997 Assessment Report
- Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO)
- Maryland State Courts
- Maryland State
Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy
- Maryland sentencing guidelines manual (free online)
- Baltimore City Circuit Court
- Baltimore City District Courts
- Health Privacy Project
http://www.healthprivacy.org/ - HIPAAdvisory by Phoenix Health Systems
http://www.hipaadvisory.com - HIPAA Information on FindLaw
http://library.lp.findlaw.com/healthlaw_1_335_1.html - Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights on HIPAA
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/ - Texas Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse HIPAA Information
http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/HIPAA/- Analysis of HIPAA Privacy Rule
http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/HIPAA/Analysis.pdf - HIPAA Crosswalk with 42 CFR Part 2
http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/HIPAA/Crosswalk.pdf
- Analysis of HIPAA Privacy Rule
- Privacy and confidentiality of health information
- Basic introduction to the HIPAA regulations
- ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region
http://www.adainfo.org/ - ADA Technical Assistance Program Home Page
http://www.adata.org/ - Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
http://www.bnia.org - Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc.
http://www.bni-maryland.org/ - CESAR (University of Maryland Center for Substance Abuse
Research)
http://www.cesar.umd.edu/- Current Substance Abuse Legislation
http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/library/statutes.asp - Drug Use in Maryland
http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/drugs_md.asp - Publications of CESAR
http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/pubs/pubs.asp?display='no' - Drug Profiles
http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/drug_info.asp
- Current Substance Abuse Legislation
- Definitions of Disability
http://www2.ucsc.edu/ada/ADAdefinitions.html - Disability Related Legal & Advocacy Resources
http://www.makoa.org/legal.htm - Drug Policy Alliance
http://www.drugpolicy.org/- Bibliographies
http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/bibliography/ - Lindesmith Library Database
http://library.soros.org/lindesmith.html - Drug Testing Fails Our Youth
http://www.drugtestingfails.org/ - Musician's Guide to Drub Policy Reform
http://www.nomoredrugwar.org/music/ - Electronic Music Defense & Education Fund
http://www.emdef.org/ - International Harm Reduction Development
http://www.harm-reduction.org
- Bibliographies
- Drug Strategies
http://www.drugstrategies.org/- Smart Steps: Treating Baltimore's Drug Problem
http://www.drugstrategies.org/Baltimore/index.html
- Smart Steps: Treating Baltimore's Drug Problem
- Greater Baltimore Community Housing Resource Board, Inc.
http://www.gbchrb.org/ - JAN (Job Accommodations Network): ADA Hotlinks and Document
Center
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/links/adalinks.htm - Join Together
http://www.jointogether.org/home/ - Maryland Drug-free Workplace Initiative
http://www.marylanddrugfreeworkplace.com/ - National Academies of Science - Behavioral and Social Science
Committee
http://www.nationalacademies.org/behavior/ - National Association on Alcohol, Drugs & Disability
http://www.naadd.org/ - National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia
University
http://www.casacolumbia.org/ - National Fair Housing Advocate Online
http://www.fairhousing.com/index.cfm - OJP Drug Court Clearinghouse & Technical Assistance
Project (American University)
http://www.american.edu/justice/drugcourts.html - Peoples Law Library
http://www.peoples-law.org/- Medical Assistance, Families and Children (MA-FAC) Summary
(Maryland)
http://www.peoples-law.org/health/gov-ben/ma_fac.htm
- Medical Assistance, Families and Children (MA-FAC) Summary
(Maryland)
- Rand Drug Policy Research Center
http://www.rand.org/drug_area/ - Journal of disability policy studies
- Journal of substance abuse treatment
- Guide to Disability Civil Rights Laws
http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/disabilityrights.html - Legal Research Guide: Drugs and Alcohol (Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP) http://www.virtualchase.com/resources/drugs_and_alcohol.html
- Research Guide on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)/Vanderbilt
University/Alyne Queener Massey Law Library
http://law.vanderbilt.edu/library/research/disabilities.html - Enforcing the ADA: A Status Report from the Department of Justice (January-March 2002)
- Academic Search Premier
- CQ Researcher
- CQ Weekly
- Hein Online
- JSTOR
Judicial Materials
For general information on finding and updating case law, see Chapter 7 of the Thurgood Marshall Law Library Guide to Legal Research.
Case Law and Court Rules:
Note: Free databases do not include cases dating back as far as the materials in Lexis and Westlaw databases. It is not recommended that you use free case law databases in your research.
Lexis:
Tip: If you find one good case on Lexis, you may be able to find others by identifying the headnote that best describes the issue of interest to you, then clicking "More Like This Headnote," or by Shepardizing the case to find other cases that have cited it for the issue represented by that headnote.
Westlaw:
Tip: If you find one good case on Westlaw, you may be able to find others by identifying the headnote that best describes the issue of interest to you, then clicking "Most Cited Cases" for that headnote. You could also try clicking "KeyCite Notes" to find other cases that have cited your good case for issue represented by that headnote.
Court-Related Resources:
HIPAA and Health Privacy
Non-Governmental Organizations
Secondary Sources: Journals
The two main indexes to law journals are LegalTrac and Index to Legal Periodicals & Books (which includes books as well). These indexes include references to many journals not included in Westlaw or Lexis databases and in some cases provide access to the full text electronically. Each of these two online indexes has a parallel print version: the Current Law Index (K33 .C87), and the Index to Legal Periodicals (K9 .N32) are shelved near the print journals on level 1. The Index to Legal Periodicals is particularly helpful if you need to find articles published prior to 1980. For additional help on finding articles, visit Finding Articles in Legal Journals and Law Reviews.
Most print journals are shelved on level 1 of the library, in alphabetical order by journal title. To find out if the library has a particular journal title in electronic format, use the e-journals link on the Library web page or ask a librarian for help.
Electronic Journals and Research Guides
Additional Electronic Resources
Brief Bibliography
The following is a partial list of the Drug Policy Clinic related materials available in the Thurgood Marshall Law Library. For additional sources on this topic, please check the library's Catalog.
Why our drug
laws have failed and what we can do about it : a judicial indictment
of the War on Drugs
Americans with
Disabilities Act.
MICPEL, c1999.
Americans with
Disabilities Act handbook
Americans with
Disabilities Act annotated : legislative history, regulations
& Commentary
Americans with
Disabilities Act: Title II technical assistance manual: covering
state and local government programs and services
Americans with
disabilities cases (BNA)
Americans with
Disabilities Act manual (BNA)
Health
Law Reporter (BNA)
Family Law
Reporter (BNA)
A Technical
assistance manual on the employment provisions (Title I) of
the Americans with Disabilities Act
US Law Week
(BNA)
This Course Research Page was originally created by Maxine Grosshans. This page was most recently modified by by Jenny Smith.
