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Last updated on: 1/18/2010 12:46:00 PM PST

Governments That Use ProCon.org
(in alphabetical order by country)

1. Australia	2. Egypt	3. Israel
4. New Zealand	5. Northern Marianas	6. Palestinian Territories
7. South Africa	8. United Kingdom	9. United States

1. Australia
Dec. 28, 2009	The New South Wales Government Department of Health listed Medical Marijuana ProCon.org on its website page "Medical Cannabis: USA" (127 KB) in the section "Federal: Legislation in Court Decisions and Commentaries" as a resource for learning about medical marijuana.
Dec. 28, 2009	The Victoria State Government Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) listed ProCon.org on its website (1 MB) as a learning resource for "both sides of current and perennial issues."
2. Egypt
Aug. 2010	The Egyptian Parliament cited Voting Machines ProCon.org in an official government publication (362 KB) .
3. Israel
Oct. 29, 2009	The Israeli Knesset Center for Research and Science cited our Euthanasia ProCon.org question "Should euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide be legal?," in an official government summary of American legislation on euthanasia (2 MB) .
4. New Zealand
Oct. 2007	The New Zealand Ministry of Justice report "International Approaches to Decriminalising or Legalising Prostitution" (118KB) , cited the Prostitution ProCon.org resource "100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies," as a reference for international prostitution policy.

5. Northern Marianas
May 14, 2008	The Northern Marianas Commonwealth issued a formal legislative recommendation (260 KB) from the House of Representative’s Committee on Judiciary and Governmental Operations that cited a case summary from our aclu.procon.org website.
6. Palestinian Territories
Jan. 6, 2010	The Palestinian Delegation in Argentina serves as an embassy representing the Palestinian territories to the Argentine government and people. Its website links to IsraeliPalestinian.ProCon.org, and reproduces (in spanish) our Israeli-Palestinian conflict death chart (108 KB) .

7. South Africa
June 30, 2009	The South African Law Reform Commission cited the Prostitution ProCon.org resource "100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies," numerous times in its discussion paper titled "Sexual Offences: Adult Prostitution" (1 MB) .

8. United Kingdom
Jan. 20, 2010	The Scottish Parliament's Non Executive Bills Unit sourced ACLU ProCon.org in its policy memorandum (176 KB) on the Jan. 20, 2010 "End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill."
Sep. 2007	Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom utilized a map from Israeli Palestinian ProCon.org in its Sep. 2007 report titled "Economic aspects of peace in the Middle East" (1 MB) .
9. United States
Aug. 2010	The Superior Court of the State of California published a NAPA County California Grand Jury report (685 KB) on the NAPA Special Investigations Bureau 24-Hour Drug Hotline that included a reference to the Medical Marijuana ProCon.org' resource "Medical Marijuana: 14 Legal Marijuana States.”
June 2010	The State of Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction listed ProCon.org as a recommended social studies resource site in its June 2010 publication "Social Studies and Educational Technology: Enduring Cultures - Grade 6" (294 KB) . We were listed ahead of the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, and National Archives.
Mar. 11, 2010	The State of Hawaii Department of Public Safety compiled testimony on Senate Bill 2213 SD2 (2 MB) - a bill to legalize medical marijuana dispensaries. As part of this testimony, Medical Marijuana ProCon.org's chart on peer-reviewed studies on marijuana was reproduced as well as our chart on Teen Marijuana Use in States with Legal Medical Marijuana.
Mar. 5, 2010	The Wisconsin State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse published research in its Mar. 2010 meeting notes (2 MB) citing Medical Marijuana Procon.org's chart on the 14 states where medical marijuana is legal and our chart on states with pending medical marijuana legislation.
Feb. 9, 2010	The Utah State Office of Education listed ProCon.org as a resource for students on its "Controversial Topic Research" (90 KB) webpage.
Jan. 5, 2010	The Michigan Department of Education listed ProCon.org as a resource on its website's eLibrary page "Teens - Homework Help" (109 KB) .
Jan. 2010	Wisconsin's Legislative Reference Bureau listed Medical Marijuana ProCon.org in the related links section of its publication "Tap the Power: Medical Marijuana" (42 KB) .
Dec. 2, 2009	The United States Consulate General in Leipzig Germany provided a link to ProCon.org in the "Topics” section of its information sheets "Researching the USA" (68 KB) .
Dec. 1, 2009	The State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services Medical Marijuana Task Force posted the Medical Marijuana ProCon.org "State Laws" chart on its website page titled "Task Force to Implement the Maine Medical Marijuana Act" (150 KB) .
Nov. 2009	The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Nov. 2009 publication "Critical Link" (445 KB) linked to Milk ProCon.org and used our "Historical Timeline: A Brief History of Cows Milk, from the Ancient World to the Present," as a reference in its essay on bovine growth hormone.
Nov. 2009	The United States Office of National Drug Control Policy Executive Office of the President quoted from an email sent to ProCon.org by the American Medical Association (AMA) in its "Medical Marijuana Fact Sheet" (1 MB) . The AMA quote was used to bolster the case against legalizing medicinal use of Marijuana.
Sep. 23, 2009	House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer cited 2008 Election ProCon.org in his Sep. 23, 2009 document "Democratic, Republican Presidential Candidates Supported Health Care Reform for All Americans," (28 KB) linking to a number of different quotes from 2008 presidential candidates.
Aug. 12, 2009	The State of Iowa Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy reprinted Medical Marijuana ProCon.org’s "Top Ten Pros and Cons of Medical Marijuana" resource as part of their information sheet "Marijuana as 'Medicine'? Additional Information" (134 KB) .
Aug. 6, 2009	The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) linked to ProCon.org as a curriculum link on its webpage "Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids" (36 KB) .
July 2009	Jack O'Conell, Superintendent of Public Instruction at the California Department of Education (CDE), promoted ProCon.org as a resource for use in classrooms across the state by posting an entry about ProCon.org in his "July Highlights" (103 KB) on the CDE website titled "Nonprofit Educational Web Site Prides Itself on Lack of Partiality."
Apr. 2009	California State Senator Loni Hancock utilized Felon Voting ProCon.org in her written analysis of Senate Bill 370 (22 KB) as a source for information on felon voting laws across the United States.
Apr. 2009	The California Police Chiefs Association Task Force on Marijuana Dispensaries utilized Medical Marijuana ProCon.org as a source twice in their Apr. 2009 "White Paper on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries" (235 KB) .
Mar. 1, 2009	The Oregon Council on Science and Public Health used Medical Marijuana ProCon.org as a source twice in their Mar. 1, 2009 report "Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes" (240 KB) . The report specifically cited information from two of our charts: "14 Legal Medical Marijuana States," and "12 States with Pending Legislation or Ballot Measures to Legalize Medical Marijuana."
Jan. 2009	The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) included a link to Procon.org in the "helpful website" section of its Jan. 2009 publication "Sustainable Transportation in Tennessee" (2 MB) .
Oct. 15, 2008	The State of Michigan Ballot Proposal 08-01 on Medical Marijuana "A Legislative Initiative to Permit the Use and Cultivation of Marijuana for Specified Medical Conditions" (159 KB) , listed Medical Marijuana ProCon.org as a source for additional information on the subject of medical marijuana. The initiative passed with 63% of the vote on Nov. 4, 2008.
Aug. 27, 2008	The US State Department Bureau of International Information Programs posted an article on Aug. 27, 2008 titled "Debate Continues over Security, Reliability of Voting Technology" (184 KB) . The article utilized ProCon.org as a source for information about the historical use of different voting technologies in the United States.
Apr. 20, 2008	The Library of Congress honored ProCon.org by requesting permission to archive three of our websites (ProCon.org, 2008 Election ProCon.org, and US Iraq ProCon.org) because The Library of Congress considered our three sites "materials of historical importance to the Congress and to the American people."
July 27, 2007	The Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress, referenced ProCon.org four times in its report to Congress titled "Medical Marijuana: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Policies" (11 MB) [The references remained in the updated Sep. 2007 version of the same report].
We have not listed local government use.