Legality of cannabis

Is it feasible to integrate medicinal cannabis practices into Colorado’s private, medication-assisted, opiate treatment programs, following the model led by Casco Bay Medical? INTRODUCTION Opiate addiction has been a proven detrimental factor to the lives of many, either by diminishing one’s quality of life or worse, causing their fatal overdose. Thankfully, Americans today are provided with countless resources specialized in treating this hard-to-overcome addiction. Through the services of…

Introduction: Prior to the 20th century, drugs were used both for medicinal purposes and Prior to the 20th century, drugs were used both for medicinal purposes and occasionally for recreational use (Anderson). Drug use turned to abuse, and a need to curb the American appetite for drugs arose. America has been in a never ending battle with drugs since. 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act: One of the first significant drug related law to be passed in America was the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.…

While the Cole memo does give peace of mind to those business owners acting in good faith within Colorado, it does not change the federal laws related to use, sale, and distribution of the product. As stated in the Cole memorandum, this is merely a guide to instruct the attorneys potentially prosecuting these cases cannot be used as a defense in the event of an indictment. The memorandum also allows the attorneys to evaluate special circumstances on a case by case basis to see if an exception…

negative, thousands of pages can be written about the cannabis seeds. While it is quite clear that the unknown portion is much bigger, you should know a few basic things that can be really helpful. You can find the female and male reproductive organs on different cannabis plants which make it a dioecious. Females plants are developed in a situation where there are no males to produce what we find in medical stores as seedless, high-power cannabis flowers often recognised as sinsemilla.…

Nicotine and Tobacco Nicotine and tobacco products took four stages before they were put on the market for people. The tobacco industry made sure that they separated the effects of nicotine. Another thing they tried to find a more desirable product with a different chemical instead of nicotine. They also tried experimenting on making their products help with neurological disorders. Last was the experiment where they tried to find the therapeutic use so they can reduce the use of nicotine. in…

about the drug is slowly coming out as studies show how it can have a positive impact. Marijuana, also known as ‘weed’, ‘pot’, ‘herb’, ‘dope’ and many other slang terms is a combination of dried out leaves, stems, flowers and seeds that comes from a cannabis plant (UW, 2013). The important part of marijuana that gives the “high” effect to an individual is called the tetrahydrocannabinol also known as THC (UW, 2013). It…

perhaps because marijuana is beneficial to the economy, but it will not help out small businesses. Instead, big businesses may out-perform small stores in selling marijuana. Already there are reports of humble farmers who do not earn much profit from cannabis farming after paying taxes and relators. With reference to crime, drug possession crimes will go down, but cartels and mafia will remain to thrive from other means. According to Robert Almonte who spent 25 years with the El Paso Police…

Medicinal marijuana isn’t considered a drug when it is used in its natural state. Marijuana has many medicinal uses. First of all, Delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol (THC) is the chemical in marijuana that is helpful. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says, “THC increases appetite and reduces nausea . . . may also decrease pain, inflammation, and muscle control problems” (NIH). Marijuana could help underweight people gain weight by giving them an appetite, or people that having eating disorders,…

Pro Cannabis What is cannabis? We all know it as weed, which could be defined as a psychoactive drug or medicine. Many people can give you their idea on the marijuana plant, but do they really know the benefits. There are so many economical and medical benefits to legalizing cannabis. Slowly, but surely the United States is realizing that legalizing marijuana will be beneficial to our country; twenty-three states and the District of Columbia currently have laws legalizing marijuana in some form…

people on how to grow, test, and consume it more safely. They can’t really do that while it’s illegal. In 2014, the first year that Colorado legalized weed, the amount of out-of-state residents sent to the emergency room for incidents related to cannabis use doubled from 85 to 168. Not having marijuana legalized in their state made them desperate and they ended up hurting themselves. Legalizing weed would have allowed them to not only be educated on how to properly use it, but what the risks are…