PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS PAID TO THE EIGHT STATES THAT HAVE DECRIMINALIZED MARIJUANA POSSESSION. ALTHOUGH SOME DATA IS IN ON MARIJUANA USAGE IN THOSE STATES, LONGER-TERM STATISTICAL INFORMATION IS NECESSARY BEFORE THE EFFECT OF THE NEW LAWS ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CAN BE FULLY GAUGED. A PORTION OF THE SUMMARY IS DEVOTED TO ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUE, THE USAGE DIMENSION, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIMENSION, AND THE MEDICAL HEALTH DIMENSION. TWO OTHER VOLUMES OF DATA ON THIS NATIONAL GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE REPORT ARE THE SUBJECT OF NCJ-40226 AND NCJ-40227....BS