Essays on Marijuana For Medical Purposes

Was the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center raid legal?

Federal or state laws govern the United States of America (USA). The federal law applies to the whole country, governing all 50 states, while state laws apply to specific states. The state law only prevails if it gives people more rights that the federal law. The issue of legalization of marijuana in some states of America, like California, whereas the federal law prohibits the use of the same substance for any purpose leads to a supremacy clause. Part VI of the U.S. Constitution addresses the Supremacy clause that gives the federal government a winning card when a conflict between ...

Marijuana

Nora Volkow et.al (2014) deals with adverse health effects of marijuana use. Everything comes from the shift in the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes. Patients tend to be interested in the potential and real effects of marijuana on the health. Nowadays marijuana is the most widely used drug in the world and people should be aware of its effects. From the one point of view, it is associated with negative health effects, and from the other point of view, nobody has proved that it is harmful. I have chosen this article because it deals with the ambiguous problem ...

Sobriety is essential in the workplace as it enhances employee productivity. However, the recent legalization of marijuana in some states in the United States has sparked multiple controversies over its impact in the workplace. Specifically, individuals feel that this drug poses a significant threat to the primary user and other workmates. As such, they maintain that its utilization in the corporate field should be eliminated, and employees should not tolerate any personnel who works under the influence of this drug. However, there is a specialized group of people who use marijuana for medical purposes. Precisely, this drug has been ...

Introduction

The debate for and against the legalization of Marijuana has been one of the most controversial issue in politics in the recent past. Nonetheless, it can be noted that the use of marijuana for medical purposes has existed for thousands of years in many countries (Randall 34). However, in many of these countries, the use of marijuana has been illegal and it can be noted that the substance has been decriminalized in most of them. Nevertheless, in the recent past, some of the countries have started to come up with various legislation that are permitting the usage of marijuana ...