l law or regulation

In addition, research shows that countries and states that have legalized both recreational and medical marijuana are likely to support the legalization at a very high rate. In contrast, states that have not legalized are likely to have minimal support for its legalization. However, exceptions to these trends have been seen where most of the young people support recreational marijuana at a high rate despite the state's policies (Cohn et al. 2017)

Research conducted in Uruguay united states, and El Salvador found out that past use of marijuana is associated with the legalization of marijuana. Similarly, the Australian Drug Strategy Household Survey's analysis found that past use of marijuana or people who have a history of marijuana use support the legalization of recreational Marijuana (Ellis et al.,2019, p. 336).

A sample of people above the age of eighteen years in Houston showed that the past thirty days' use of Cannabis and other drugs could also lead to support the legalization of Marijuana (Ellis et al., 2019, p.337). Another research in the United States also showed that the use of marijuana for the past one month is associated with the legalization of Cannabis among people of all ages (Cohn et al., 2017).

Law and regulation

Over the past two decades, the public policy on marijuana has dramatically shifted in the United States. The state of California was the first to legalize the use of medical marijuana in 1996. After those thirty-two other states have legalized the medical use of marijuana, including the district of Colombia, and eleven more states, have legalized the creational use of Marijuana (FindLaw 2019)

On July 6 2016 the Colombian Congress passed Law 1787, which allows the medical use of marijuana. According to this law, the medical use of Cannabis is legal. While both the recreational and medical use of marijuana is legal in Columbia, there are some restrictions on the use of recreational marijuana. Therefore, according to Law 1787, patients can grow and carry as much as cannabis weed they can use to cure their medical conditions. However, the law [provides that to cultivate, grow or export Marijuana in Colombia, the companies should get permission from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the National Council of Narcotic Drugs (CNE). Thus, it means that businesses that want to sell marijuana must have licenses, and the pharmacies cannot sell fresh marijuana but professionally processed Cannabis.

Case law

California v Lee

(People v. Lee, 110 Cal. App. 3d 774, 168 Cal. Rptr. 231 (Ct. App. 1980).

Facts of the case

In 1977 around 3 am, Marcia T arrived at home, changed into her sleeping gown, and read on his bed for almost one hour when she noticed someone standing by her bedroom door. She started screaming, and the defendant grabbed and asked her to shut up because he had a gun and would otherwise shoot her. Instead, the defendant got her to bed and raped her. He inquired whether she had jewelry and money, and she told him where her purse was, which he took when he was leaving. A medical examination revealed that the plaintiff suffered virginal trauma due to the incident.

The jury convicted lee for burglary and rape, and later the court found him to be a disordered sexual offender due to the use of marijuana. He was taken to the state hospital, and after eighteen months, the court found him to be an MDSO who could not benefit from further treatments. Therefore, he was sentenced to six years in prison (people v Lee, 1980)

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