Legal and medical status of cannabis

In 2000, the citizens of Colorado voted in an amendment to the Colorado constitution allowing for the legalization of medical marijuana. However, the amount of licensed medical marijuana card holders was small until 2009, when the U.S Attorney General gave the prosecution and legalization of marijuana over to the states. After this, the number of medical marijuana licenses increased greatly in Colorado. Then, in 2012, the sale of recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado, to all those over

The debate regarding marijuana for medical usage has become more evident in recent years. There has been a controversy in both the public and healthcare arena. The debate on legalization of marijuana has some advocators emphasizing the benefits of using medical marijuana such as relieving chronic pain, nausea and vomiting while the opponents are emphasizing the ability to become addicted to of this drug and the lack of research done to know the side effects (Porche, 2013). Overall the real question

a walking miracle who suffered from a type of untreatable epilepsy that made her have 50 or more seizures every night until her parents got her a medical marijuana card in Colorado that allowed her to get CBD oil. Immediately after the first dose of high cannabis oil the seizures stopped and Charlotte came out of the catatonic state. Before the cannabis oil, her parents tried every medication out on the shelves to cure her, some of them nearly ended with death Seizures are one of many illnesses in

opening will affect the cannabis market, or businesses expanding around them. Gov. John Hickenlooper says that the economy is thriving with record setting numbers of tourists (73.1 million). 49 percent of those tourist said that legal marijuana influenced their decisions to vacation in Colorado. The ER’s in Colorado have also seen a rise in numbers of marijuana related cases and those cases in non-residents have almost doubled. An unexpected situation that arose from legal cannabis was the amount of electricity

According to Time Magazine, 44% of people in the United States have tried marijuana at least once. Marijuana was listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia from 1850 until 1942 and was prescribed for various conditions, including labor pains, nausea, and rheumatism. It wasn’t until 1970 when the Controlled Substances Act passed, classifying marijuana along with heroin and other illegal substances as a Schedule 1 Drug. Yet, people argue that marijuana prohibition is unfair and goes against their civil

INTRODUCTION Cannabis-focused media has recently been on the rise as a result of its recent legalization in several States in the United States. The legalization has attributed to the creation of a high demand for cannabis related news. The primary characteristics that have been linked to marijuana making the headlines of the news is its ability to generate revenue for the States and the media that is set to handle all the marijuana advertisements. The promise to help the media recover from its loss

were soon to follow (Fortune, 2016), prompting more discussion and research around the effects of legalizing marijuana in North America, particularly in regard to social policy. Synopsis Marijuana control has been intertwined in Canada’s social, legal, and political system for over half a decade, with the issue really gaining traction in the 1960’s as policing began more heavily enforcing the law on marijuana (Fischer, Ialomiteanu, Russell, Rehm, & Mann, 2016). Currently, approximately 10-12% of

marijuana for medicinal purposes. Marijuana is a schedule I substance, meaning that it has the potential for abuse and no accepted medical treatment options in the United States. Already, twenty-four states have legalized some form of cannabis. The majority of those states have just legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes; however recreational marijuana is fully legal in Alaska, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and the District of Columbia. In Texas, it is illegal to possess, sell, transport, and

ption 2 Step 1: Cannabis Oil Treatment for Children I 've seen lots of seizures. Too many to count. Too many to want to count. There are days that i remain unfazed by this thing that has become normal in life to seeing a little girl that does not have a clue that 's going on to working in a nursing home. There are the big seizures and the little ones all scary. Then there is the ones that sneak up on you and remind you just how much you hate severe Dandy- Walker Syndrome and Hydrocephalus, and

substance. George Shaw stated, “If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. Mr. Shaw’s wisdom particularly applies to the current debate on the legalization of cannabis, and if it should be legal state or nationwide. The present-day prohibition on marijuana is not any different than the past prohibition on alcohol in the roaring 20’s. The legalization of marijuana, similar to alcohol not only means more money for the government