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Dave Rubin. All About Angel Teger sits down with
Weed: different strains,
medical marijuana, and the
War on Drugs. YouTube, Rubin hosts a show called the
uploaded by The Rubin
Report, 15 Apr. 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=QrT4HxFoCMM.
THOUGHTS/CONNECTI
Teger brings up why is
Dave Rubin to discuss marijuana so looked down
medicinal marijuana. Dave upon as a bad thing. Ive
always wondered the same
Rubin Report, which aims to thing, but I think stereotypes
have positive discussions on are a big role into why people
difficult topics. This show look down at weed. Once
isnt about whose right and marijuana is legal I think
whose wrong, but looks to people will star looking at
give insight on why another marijuana the same way they
view isnt always so different. look at alcohol.
Teger runs her own medicinal
marijuana edible store in This was a great video to get a
California and she offers some perspective from an owner
insight about medical who runs a medicinal
marijuana. Teger comments marijuana shop. It was also a
about how she had migraines great way to start my research
and that marijuana really because it touched a lot of
helped. There are two types of different ways to further my
marijuana Indica and Sativa. research.
Indica plants tend to relax
while Sativa tend to give
people energy. However, there
are hundreds of different
strains that aim to help people
with medical needs. Poor
guidelines are limiting
marijuana sales in California
and everywhere in the U.S.
Marijuana is still a schedule
one drug, which means it has
no medical value. Pharmacy
doesnt want to see marijuana
legalized. Marijuana has few
minor side-affects unlike pain
killers etc. Marijuana not a
gateway drug. Gateway drugs
are not a thing from Rubin and
Teger.
Huddleston Jr, Tom.
Colorado Topped $1 Billion
in Legal Marijuana Sales in
2016 Fortune, 13 Dec. 2016,
http://fortune.com/2016/12/13
/colorado-billion-legal-
marijuana-sales/. Accessed 13
Nov. 2017
Dharshini, Mary. Medical
Cannabis 2016: New benefits
of Medicinal Marijuana.
Medical Daily,
http://www.medicaldaily.com/
medical-cannabis-2016-new-
benefits-medicinal-marijuana-
398935. Accessed 13 Nov.
2017
Colorado becomes the first This source was very helpful
state to top the one billion because it gave me an idea of
mark in marijuana sales. what the marijuana industry is
Although, that does include doing for their states
recreational and not just economy.
medical itself. $35 million
dollar sales (Medicinal) in Medical sales are lower than
October alone. ArcView recreational only because
Group estimates that the legal recreation is open to everyone.
marijuana industry in the U.S. To get marijuana medically
industry could reach nearly you must be approved by a
$22 billion in total annual doctor.
sales by 2020, claims
Huddleston. There are now 28
legal medicinal marijuana
states. Over $150 million tax
dollars made in 2016 from
marijuana for Colorado alone.
President Trumps
administration could crack
down on marijuana
recreationally, but probably
not medically. Many more
states are on the bandwagon to
legalize cannabis medically.
No overdoses have ever been This was a terrific source
recorded by marijuana. The because of the last things I
FDA also hasnt approved the listed in the annotation
drug as a medicine. Although, column they all had sources to
the FDA has approved the go to check their information.
drug as a medicine there are
currently 25 medical Why did the Obama
marijuana allowing states. administration not reclassify
Marijuana can be smoked, marijuana when it showed
vaporized, consumed as a pill signs of medical use.
or be put into food. Extracts
have been used to treat
animals with cancer which
showed to stop cancer cells
and even reduced the size of
them. Marijuana was shown
to help people with pain when
mixed with opiates. Marijuana

Why We Should Not This source points out that
Legalize Marijuana. CNBC, alcohol and tobacco are taxed
20 Apr 2010.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/3626
7223. Accessed 16 Nov. 2017
can prevent Alzheimers from
developing in the brain.
Marijuana can also increase
appetite, which helps
HIV/AIDS patients.
This source was a very
reliable one with many
and regulated to benefit the citations and it offered me
public, but the abuse of both is another look at why marijuana
much worse than the tax has cons too.
benefits. The article goes on to
explain the consequences of This source is obviously anti-
marijuana, In a study of drug, but that doesnt make it
fatally injured drivers in an unreliable, quality source.
Washington State, 12.7
percent tested positive for
marijuana. The article also
points out that legalizing the
drug would only make more
people do it of all ages.
Marijuana is currently the
leading cause of substance
dependence other than alcohol
in the U.S. In 2008, marijuana
use accounted for 4.2 million
of the 7 million people aged
12 or older classified with
dependence on or abuse of an
illicit drug, claims the article
writer. The information fuels
the gateway drug narrative.
Marijuana activists cannot
make a working policy that
could legalize pot and lower
its use. Reducing marijuana
use will improve the nations
health, education and
productivity. Smarter drug

Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan on Joe Rogan and guest Brian
DEA Decision on Marijuana
Rescheduling. YouTube, DEA decision to not
uploaded by PowerfulJRE, 14
Aug 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=BbPY2aRmnXU
policies need to target the five
million criminal offenders
because they are the nations
heaviest and most problem-
generating drug users.
Joe Rogan and Brian Redban
Redban discuss on why the do a great job on explaining
why the DEAs decision was
reschedule marijuana is wrong. These two guys are
wrong. Marijuana is still seeking honest answers that
schedule one drug along with the government wont give
heroin, which means it has no them.
medial value. Marijuana can
help with seizures, anxiety, They gave interesting theories
and shrink tumors. DEA states on why marijuana was not
the drugs chemistry is not rescheduled and overall
known or reproducible. information on why the
Redban asks why are government should not
cigarettes and alcohol not regulate it.
reclassified because they have
no medical value. Rogan
explains the government
shouldnt regulate a plant. Not
many studies have been done
on marijuana because its a
schedule one drug. Rogan
asks why do millions of
people smoke marijuana and
nothing bad ever happens to
them physically and mentally.
Rogan says if you make drugs
legal DEA agents will lose
their jobs, so it makes sense
on why it wasnt rescheduled.
Redban says that studies show
that marijuana can help with
your sexual life.
Why Marijuana Should Not
Be Legalized? New Health
Advisor, 28 February 2017.
http://www.newhealthadvisor.
com/Why-Marijuana-Should-
Not-Be-Legalized.html.
Accessed 1 March, 2017.
Sterling, Eric E. Shafer
Commission Report on
Marijuana and Drugs, Issued
40 Years Ago Today, Ahead of who was appointed by
its Time The Huffington Post, Richard Nixon. This report
21 May 2013.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co marijuana, however it was the
m/eric-e-sterling/shafer-
commission-report-
_b_2925777.html Accessed 2 population for drugs jumped
March, 2017.
Marijuana can damage ones This was another great source
health if abused. Marijuana about not legalizing medical
can be a safety hazard because marijuana.
if one is high and driving they
are more likely to have an This source gave similar and
accident. If younger kids start different facts on the
using marijuana it can lead to devastation of the use of
harder drugs and stunt brain marijuana.
development. The marijuana
industry could become a Ironically, this source
monopoly just like tobacco. contradicted with my next
The use of marijuana can lead source about the use of
to impotence in males for their marijuana and sexual life. This
sex life. Marijuana can lead to source seemed to be correct
harder drugs because of its on the matter of sex life.
classified as a schedule one
drug. Marijuana can lower the
quality of life because the lack
of motivation to complete
tasks. The consumption of
marijuana can lead to burdens
from public funds like traffic
incidents. The use of
marijuana will increase like
any other drug when it was
legalized (ex. Alcohol).
The Shaffer Commission I looked at this piece to
report was led by Raymond P. understand why marijuana is
Shafer (former Gov. of Penn.) not legal.
This piece also gave some
encouraged the legalization of interesting ideas on why do
people use certain drugs.
opposite answer Nixon
wanted. Federal prison This piece looked at other
drugs too, but also focused on
from 36,000 then to 218,000 marijuana and overall was a
now. We have failed to helpful source.
weave policy into the fabric of
social institutions., shows
that nobody likes to talk about
drug abuse because drugs are
drugs and they are bad for

Administrator Can Medical
Marijuana Help with
Depression? Medical
Marijuana Association.
http://www.medicinalmarijuan
aassociation.com/medical-
marijuana-blog/can-medical-
marijuana-help-with-
depression Accessed 2 March,
2017
you. Half of Americas high
school graduates have tried
marijuana. The commission
warned that if policy wasnt
changed that marijuana use
would get worse and worse.
The government needs to look
at who uses the drug and not
what the drug does to find
more answers. Stricter
marijuana laws have ended up
costing state budgets more
than expected. The war on
drugs has been a failure and
needs to be examined once
again. A new Shafer report is
needed that will give honest
answers about marijuana and
all other drugs to save lives
and fix the economy.
Marijuana is becoming a new This source was phenomenal.
alternative to pills when it It felt the most non-partisan
comes to depression. and the facts seemed
However, some studies on the legitimate.
internet say marijuana does
little to help depression. There This was a great source that I
is a lack of research on if happened to stumble upon by
marijuana actually works and accident.
is only prescribed when other
treatments wont suffice. This may be my favorite
Harvard studies have shown source because of its honesty
that marijuana has helped with and professionalism.
mood disorder symptoms in
animals, but that doesnt mean
it will also completely help
humans. The chemical
components are promising
because of new strains with
terpenes, which helps with
depression. Mood disorders
can go hand and hand with
cancer, HIV/AIDS, etc, so
using marijuana can help with

Dr. A.E. Carroll What We Marijuana works to treat
Know About Pot in 2017. chronic pain in adults.
YouTube, uploaded by
Healthcare Triage, 13 Feb
2017.
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=yewlM8CtbQU
both. Marijuana can prevent
the spread of cancer and can
increase appetite, which in
turn will give these patients
hope that they will make
through. In this case,
marijuana can kill two birds
with one stone because it
helps the illness and takes
away the depression that can
come with it. Talking with a
doctor is the best way to
decide on what treatment to
use when battling depression
because marijuana might not
be your answer.
This was a terrific source
because it cited a recent study
Marijuana works to help by the National Academy of
nausea and vomiting in cancer Sciences, Medicines and
patients. There is moderate Engineering about what
evidence that marijuana can marijuana can help or harm.
help with sclerosis. There is
evidence that marijuana This was my best source, but
doesnt help depressive sadly I found it after I
symptoms. Moderate evidence completed my multi-genre
that there is no association project.
between smoking marijuana
and developing lung cancer.
Smoking pot can develop
respiratory symptoms
problems from heavy
smoking. Those who stop
smoking can repair respiratory
system problems. Pregnant
women who smoke can lower
the babys birth weight.
Substantial evidence that
smoking marijuana can lead to
schizophrenia.
Will President Trump Crack
Down on Medical
Marijuana?- The Five
YouTube, uploaded by Mass
Tea Party- Wake Up America!,
24 Feb 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=oksu9iRTtgk
Trump may prosecute the This source was used to see
eight states that allow where marijuana is going and
recreational marijuana. The if it has a future with the
Obama administration did Trump administration.
nothing to those eight states.
Criminalizing the drug would This video is a month old and
not reduce the use. Would so far nothing about marijuana
create drug gangs. In 2015, has happened.
Trump said he would leave it
to the states. Marijuana could
help with the opioid abuse
epidemic. Attorney General,
Jeff Sessions is not for
marijuana. By 2020, legal
cannabis market is project to
create 250,000 jobs.