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Sam Linger
11/17/03
Comm 131 lab
Written Proposition
“It is time to stop arresting adults who grow and consume their own marijuana at home - and instead put these public resources into violent-crime enforcement and effective drug education. ... com) In this essay I will argue that there needs to be a more effective and efficient way to regulate and distribute marijuana for medical purposes. To demonstrate my point, I will first argue that the need for marijuana to be legalized for medical purposes is significant. ...
Proposition 215, which passed November 5, 1996 with almost 5.4 million votes, 56% of the voters, made the use of marijuana for medical purposes legal in California. ... The law enacted, removed the state-level criminal penalties on the possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients. In order for patients to be protected under this law they must possess a written or oral recommendation from their physician that he or she would benefit from medical marijuana. Legal protection under this act is for any patient that is diagnosed with any debilitating illness in which medical marijuana has been deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician. ... org)
The main inherent barrier to the use of medical marijuana is the vague guidelines and rules in which the doctors and patients are supposed abide by. The voters of California in 1996 voted for the legalization of medical marijuana for people who could benefit from the effects of the drug with a physician’s recommendation under proposition 215. ... The high court needs to clarify the legal issues surrounding the use of marijuana as medicine. “While California voters approved a proposition in 1996 legalizing medical marijuana, the federal government still maintains that marijuana is illegal, that the value of smoking weed as medicine has yet to be scientifically proved and that the government will prosecute those who grow and use it. ... The grass- roots revolt against medical marijuana laws adopted in California was claiming that marijuana threatens the nation’s civic fabric. The Clinton administration was the first to try to stop the law of marijuana for medical use in California. The Clinton administration decided to go after the doctors who were recommending marijuana for medical uses. The Clinton administration made a federal policy to pursue California doctors who advised their patients on using marijuana.
Approximate Word count = 1860
Approximate Pages = 7.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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