Health Care Policies

Introduction

The Controlled Substance Act is a federal U.S. drug policy implemented in 190, which regulated the production, importation, distribution and use of various narcotics, hallucinogens, depressants and many other chemical substances. In 1972, Marijuana was added in the list of schedule 1 drugs (Boyd, Trumble & Hatalsky, 2014). The schedule 1 drugs possess high potential for abuse. In 1996, voters of California approved a Proposition 215 that allowed the Golden State to use Marijuana for the medical purposes. After it, 28 more states, the District Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam passed laws of similar nature (Anderson, 2014).

Supporting Paragraph Topics

· Today 29 states, the Guam, District Columbia and Puerto Rico has allowed the vehement public medical marijuana and cannabis programs.

· The efforts that have been approved lately in the 18 states allow the consumption of high Cannabis oil (CBD) and low THC for the medical purposes in particular scenarios.

· According to the Gallup poll, more Americans reinforce the legalization of marijuana instead of criminalizing it.

· In 2013, Marijuana was legalized in many more states along with Washington and Colorado that enacted laws to decriminalize it.

· I strongly bolster the legalization of marijuana, particularly for the medical purposes.

· Marijuana is indeed not dreadful, in fact it has soothing effects.

· Marijuana is effective in treatment. However, Marijuana is not approved as medicine by the FDA (Boyd, Trumble & Hatalsky, 2014).

· The marijuana plant possesses chemicals that may treat a variety of illness and provides soothing effects to the one suffering from a painful illness.

· The demander of marijuana legislation are the citizens that in take marijuana for different purposes. However, the suppliers are legislators of this federal policy.

· The marijuana industry is the special interest group that is reinforcing the federal campaign of Washington DC. Moreover, there are police unions, alcohol and beer companies, private prison corporations that are striving against the legalization of Marijuana (Boyd, Trumble, & Hatalsky, 2014).

Conclusion

· The issue is expected to be discussed between the interest groups in order to glean an efficient policy out of it. All the demander and suppliers must put forth their recommendation in a formal way and federal government after gaining the deep empathy of all the recommendations made by different interest groups the final legislation should be made taking care of each interest group (Cherney, 2014).

References

Anderson, L. (2014). CSA Schedules. Retrieved from Drugs.com: https://www.drugs.com/csa-schedule.html

Boyd, G., Trumble, S., & Hatalsky, L. E. (2014). Marijuana Legalization: Does Congress Need to Act? Third Way.org.

Cherney, M. (2014). The Politics of Pot: The Marijuana Industry Is Now a Special Interest Group. Retrieved from Vice News: https://news.vice.com/article/the-politics-of-pot-the-marijuana-industry-is-now-a-special-interest-group