Homel, P., & Brown, R. (2017).

Marijuana legalisation in the united states: An

australian perspective. Woden: Australian Institute of Criminology. Retrieved
from
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This article talks about how the number of states that have legalized the use
of weed has increased. It also talks about the crime rates changing from
arrests for drug abuse between 2010 and 2014. It shows the differences
between a state that has been decriminalized and has legalized weed for
medicinal purposes vs. a state that has not done it. Would the rate of crime
go up or down because the legalization of a drug?

Hall, T. M. (2014). Legalization of marijuana and its effect on anticipated use: A

test of deterrence theory (Order No. 1556522). Available from Criminal
Justice Database. (1545690949). Retrieved from
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This article is about a study of the use of marijuana by college students and
basically why would it would be a good idea to go ahead and legalize it. Also, when
they were to legalize in a certain state would the percentage of college students
using the drug go up or would it stay the same. It states how marijuana is the most
commonly used drug in the U.S. It gives the percentages in which people are for
using weed for recreational use so that led two states too passing initiatives for
recreational use of marijuana for people 21 years and older. Talks about the
negative effects of if they were to legalize, would there be an increase of use and
violence. The support in legalizing marijuana probably comes from the people who
do in fact use the drug themselves. It has charts that show the increases and
decreases of the amount of people who are using marijuana throughout years
Gray, C. (1998). Legalize use of marijuana for medical purposes, MDs and patients
plead. Canadian Medical Association.Journal, 158(3), 373-5. Retrieved from
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This article is about doctors and patients pushing to get marijuana legalized for
medical purposes. The physician is giving examples of patients who used the
marijuana and it helped them tremendously with what they were dealing with. This
is taken place in Canada so a percentage was taken of the Canadians who believed
that this type of use should be able to be legal. There has been scientific proof that
the use of the drug is effective which were also brought up in the court case. THC
which is the main ingredient in marijuana has effects that can treat a variety of
medical conditions. Although there is evidence that the drug is useful and helpful
the government still argues the fact because they don’t know about any of the
dangers that could come about whole using the drug. Also, it was argued about that
some of the penalties for marijuana should be eliminated due to the amount of
court time and police time is taken up for arrest. Lastly it talks about how the point
of recreational use wasn’t really talked and the physician thinks that the drug is
addictive but not nearly as addictive as other drugs like heroin or cocaine.

Johnson, G. (2007, Oct 09). Wacky weed is whack. Philadelphia Tribune Retrieved
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This article is basically about negative things that can come out of smoking
marijuana. Even though smoking makes you feel good because it is releasing
dopamine into your system which is a chemical that makes you have a good feeling
for a short amount of time. In this article it lists many negative effects of smoking
one being that it could cause lung cancer due to it having some of the cancer-
causing substances that are in tobacco. Another popular negative effect of smoking
marijuana is that if you smoke high doses it can easily lead to causing you to have
an anxiety or panic attack. Marijuana contains THC and you never really know how
much you're consuming when you smoke. It can cause you to have learning and
memory problems and it can also cause damage to the neurons in your brain.
"MedMen Launches National Campaign to Fuel Marijuana Policy Reform with
Marijuana Industry Revenues." PR Newswire, Nov 04, 2015. ProQuest,
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This article is about the Med Men which is a company that provides services for the
marijuana industry. They have over 100 businesses to enter and be successful in
the legal marijuana market. They were launching a new campaign to fuel policy
reform with revenue raised by the marijuana industry. The campaign was basically
asking for other businesses to add a percentage of their annual gross to support the
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) which is the largest marijuana organization. It
supports efforts to legalize marijuana it states where it is still illegal. It also has
been responsible for passing state medical marijuana and decriminalization laws
since 2000.

NIDA. "Marijuana." National Institute on Drug Abuse, tJun. 2018,

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana.
Accessed 14 Mar. 2019.

Mello, J. A. (2013). Employment and public policy issues surrounding medical

marijuana in the workplace. Journal of Business Ethics, 117(3), 659-666.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-012-1551-8

This article is about what countries about have legalized medical marijuana and
decriminalized it for personal use. It talks about how the workforce has made a
dilemma about how people in the work force should be able to use medical
marijuana if need be and not be discriminated against or be terminated if they don’t
pass their drug test. It basically also goes through the process of examination of
the legal aspects of medical marijuana through court cases and federal policies.
Crowell, T. L., PhD. (2017). Therapeutic value of medical marijuana in new jersey
patients: A community partnership research endeavor. Journal of Allied
Health, 46(4), 232-238,238A-238B. Retrieved from
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This article talks about how medical marijuana is a controlled substance and it a
great way to relieve chronic pains and other medical issues you might be having. It
talks about how physicians and doctors lean toward trying to get people to use it
because it's been shown to actually work better then prescribing pills which people
tend to get addicted and that’s unhealthier than getting addicted to weed. It also
talks about how marijuana can't legally be prescribed due to federal laws.