Proper research has actually found that they are other factors that influence the gateway aspect of marijuana. Factors such as family stability, social class, education quality, and ease of access are all stronger factors, which explain why marijuana users are more likely to use hard drugs. All of these casual theories, which actually don’t have concrete date to create a correlation, and the history of anti-marijuana policy in the United States, all contribute to the current policy today and this creates issues for the government. As the public becomes more aware of the how marijuana was wrongly categorized as a Schedule 1 substance and they become more knowledgeable of how marijuana shouldn’t be considered a gateway drug, they will begin the demand for reform. Now that we’ve discussed some of the problems with marijuana policy lets discuss some of the possible solutions the Untied
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If an attempt to change marijuana policy comes to fruition the focal point of who has the power to choose must be changed. Stone illustrates a strategy of how “they are attempts to by someone who is not winning in one arena to shift decision making to a different arena where they might prevail.” This strategy has already been implemented by many states that have already legalized marijuana medically and/or recreationally within their respective borders. According to Governing the States and Localities, 21 states have medical marijuana broadly legalized and 8 have marijuana legalized both medically and recreationally. These states changed the power focal point from a national policy issue to a state policy issue and have been successful so far. So you being to ask yourself, should the legalization of marijuana be
If an attempt to change marijuana policy comes to fruition the focal point of who has the power to choose must be changed. Stone illustrates a strategy of how “they are attempts to by someone who is not winning in one arena to shift decision making to a different arena where they might prevail.” This strategy has already been implemented by many states that have already legalized marijuana medically and/or recreationally within their respective borders. According to Governing the States and Localities, 21 states have medical marijuana broadly legalized and 8 have marijuana legalized both medically and recreationally. These states changed the power focal point from a national policy issue to a state policy issue and have been successful so far. So you being to ask yourself, should the legalization of marijuana be