Two articles “Delta goes to court to close marijuana shop” published by two newspaper titles The Leader and Delta Optimist report on the controversial issue regarding the legalization of marijuana. In this case, about B.C. Supreme Court ordering a marijuana shop in Delta shut down. According to both reports, the WeeMedical Dispensary Society was sued by Delta council for operating without business licence after refusing to close. The society was also fined close to $12,000 dollars since the business continued to operate. The opening of the dispensary violates the Delta’s local bylaw since it is prohibitive to produce, store or sell medical marijuana anywhere in the municipality.…
D-The patient arrived late to her scheduled appointment and apologize to this writer. The patient reports that she is planning on leaving this clinic and will be going to the Hartford Dispensary on Monday to discuss the transfer. This writer discussed with the patient about the transfer process, at which the patient agreed to continue her treatment with CSAC until the transfer has been finalized. The patient reports she is stable at her current dose and haven't used any illicit drugs. The patient then signed her initial tx plan and this writer discussed with the patient as to what will be discussed during the next session pertaining to her tx plan goals, at which the patient agreed to the tx plan goals.…
Hanna Tarbell Professor Branca Final Essay December 7, 2015 Weed Chronicles What comes to your mind when I say the words: marijuana, weed, bud? Do you think about the positives and how it helps people get through the day or do you just think about the “stoners” or the “abusers”? Way back in 1820’s marijuana had become mainstream in the medical world. A researcher found it cured headaches, and increased appetite, and helped some people to sleep. But nowadays it is close to becoming one of the go to medicines for the health world.…
One of Michigan’s state lawmakers introduced a bill to legalize recreational adult use marijuana in the state. The bill’s sponsor says the law will free up police to focus on violent and property crimes. State Sen. Coleman A. Young II, D-Detroit introduced what is being called the “non-medical marijuana code.” Senate Bill 813 proposes to regulate and tax marijuana.…
Taishi Painter Ms. Hallford CCSS, Period 3 20 October 2015 Annotated Bibliography Carroll, Aaron E. "How 'Medical' Is Marijuana. " The New York Times. The New York Times, 20 July 2015.…
Should Medical Marijuana be Federally Legalized: An Annotated Bibliography David C. Peters II. “Patients and Caregivers Report Using Medical Marijuana to Decrease Prescription Narcotics Use.” Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, vol. 35, 2013, pp. 24–40. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/humjsocrel.35.24.…
Since the discovery of the cannabis indica plant (marijuana), marijuana has been a topic of contrasting discussions. For decades, stakeholders of various organizations have been at conflict about legalizing marijuana. One stakeholder, Citizens Against Legalizing Marijuana (CALM), a local Political Action Committee (PAC), is destroying every act of legalizing marijuana with the use of their highly dedicated group of individuals. According to the mission of CALM, they “take the position that Federal laws against the use, cultivation, and transportation of marijuana should be maintained and enforced and should not be relaxed or softened.” (CALM Homepage)…
Issue: Should the police have the right to enforce rules on illegal “pot shops”? Interpretation: I believe that the police shouldn’t have the right to enforce rules on illegal pot shops. This is because it’s the responsibility of those with higher power to come up with an overall law regarding marijuana and pot shops so that it suits everyone.…
Legalize Pot In Canada: Change in Canadian society Legalization of marijuana may bring changes to Canadian society now the big question is whether it would be a positive step or not. By marijuana, I am referring to dried leaves and flowers from hemp, which is smoked as drugs. Spithoff , Emerson and Spithoff notes, “Cannabis policy will be a topic of debate in Canada in the lead-up to the federal election in October. The governing party favors the status quo, one of the competing political parties has promised decriminalization, and another party supports legalization” (1211).…
The conflict between federal and state marijuana laws continue to leave property owners and residents with differing opinions regarding appropriate use of California properties. It’s a debate that will continue as the conflict is semi-new to with changing laws making medical marijuana legal. Employees are now questioning their employers’ rights to base employment and continued employment on random drug testing. Students are questioning the school’s right to prohibit marijuana on campuses. And, of course, renters are questioning their landlord’s…
So the question here is that is the illegal marijuana different with the medical one? The answer is both yes and no. Basically, they are the same plant with the same chemical composition. The difference is the way people consuming it. The medical users taking marijuana with the recommendation whereas the illegal ones tend to get intoxicated.…
In 2001 the reported number of marijuana offences in Canada was 71,600, out of this number seventy percent of the reported offences were people caught with possession of marijuana (UOttawa, n.d.).The uses of marijuana can be dated all the way back to the 2900 BC when the Chinese emperor Fu His had acknowledged marijuana to be a popular medicine with many healing properties. Historically, people have used marijuana to attain euphoria. Currently, around the globe marijuana is used for religious, cultural, and recreational purposes. It has proven to be an important part of many people’s lives.…
I’m going to own my own cannabis dispensary and up to date Nissan GTR by the age of 30. I’m going to achieve that goal by working,doing my school work, doing my homework, pretty much passing my classes with a “C” the least. My goal for this year is to not fail any of my classes, it’s a tough goal, for me at least. I’m going to achieve that goal by doing basically the same as what i’m going to do for my main goal. Just keeping it 100…
Marijuana has, compared to other both legal and illegal drugs, low effects on the human body. “No death from marijuana overdose has ever been reported and the ill effects of alcohol, nicotine, and prescription painkillers (...) vastly overweight those of marijuana” ( Ingraham, Janet. “Lee, Martin A. Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana--Medical, Recreational, and Scientific”). Research has also shown that marijuana “ use does not lead to physical dependence, and there are no withdrawal symptoms when the drug is not discontinued” (“drug use” Britannica School. Encyclopaedia Britannica).…
Transformation from Coffee Shops to Marijuana Dispensaries Cannabis dispensaries have been present in the United States for quite a while. In the 1960s, these shops were called as the 'coffee shops'. The first ever shop based on this structure was in Amsterdam. These shops were the hub of people looking to sell and purchase both medical and recreational Marijuana. As the years have passed, these coffee shops have popularized as 'cannabis dispensaries'.…