Marijuana should continue to be a controlled substance. With marijuana-based medicines that are currently on the market available only by subscription and filled only through a pharmacy not your own homegrown brew, what use it out there can be better controlled. Back to morals it is simply wrong to get high and loose full control of your mental and moral faculties. You become a threat to yourself and a greater risk to those around you. It should be illegal to use any substance whose normal use makes one
al., 2002). Therefore, they implemented the Pure Food and Drug Act, which led to the Harrison Act of 1917, and later the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act of 1920, which limited the use of marijuana that was not for medical use only, making the recreational use of the substance legal. Due to crime rated many believed associated with the substance, as many as 17 states implemented regulations that banned all non-medical use of marijuana by the early 1930’s.That by the time the Marijuana Tax Act was enacted in 1937, 36 of the U.S stated already had their own laws that penalized the use, possession and sell of marijuana (Pacula et. al., 2002). So after the amount physicians prescribing medical marijuana tarred off, because of the tedious paper work that had to be completed in order to dispense it.
To enforce this law the police have the special powers to stop, detain and search people on 'reasonable suspicion' that they are in possession of a controlled drug. The laws controlling drug use are complicated. The Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) regulates what are termed controlled drugs. It divides drugs into three classes as follows: 1.2 The new ten-year drug strategy (2008-2018) aims to restrict the supply of illegal drugs and reduce the demand for them. It focuses on protecting families and strengthening
Deyton, 2010). The new law restricts the distribution of free samples of tobacco products such as cigarettes in places were minors are allowed to enter, fruit flavored or candy cigarettes can no longer be sold, and set a new minimum for cigarette packs at 20 cigarettes per pack (L. Deyton, 2010). The new regulations set forth by the FDA were implemented to lower the number of tobacco users, educate the public on the use of tobacco and the side effects, and apply evidence produced by science to control the use of tobacco products (L. Deyton,
So now breweries cannot manufactures energy drinks with alcohol. According to "Livescience.com" (2014), While many health professionals and lawmakers are cheering the Food and Drug Administration's decision yesterday to declare caffeine an illegal and unsafe additive to manufactured alcoholic beverages, critics say the move is an infringement of consumer rights by the government. When people are speaking out against a decision made by the government, this is the demand. Anheuser-Busch could produce an energy drink with alcohol as long as there was no caffeine in it, and it would be legal and more importantly it would be a blue ocean. According to "Blue Ocean Strategy.com" (2014), "Red oceans refer to the known market space – all the industries in existence today.
Groupe Roussel-Uclaf has announced its intention to distribute RU-486 in the US. There are only two modes of legitimate entry to the market: drug approval through FDA or qualification under an importation exemption for “life-saving” medications. If made available in the US, RU-486 will make abortion more accessible, a trend which runs counter to the Republican’s pro-life platform and the administration’s desire to eliminate use of federal monies for abortion-related activities. A Republican appointee, FDA Commissioner Young must prevent RU-486 from entering the market. He can do so by employing regulatory tactics such as exercising authority, traditional bureaucratic “red tape,” and anti-abortion regulations; codifying these decisions, hence
David Gray CJUS 200 Application Essay 2-15-14 Can you seize the marijuana plants at that time? If yes, what is your legal justification for doing so? If no, what legally prohibits you from doing so? No, as a police officer you would not be able to seize the marijuana plants at this time, by doing so you would be violating the rights of the citizens of the house that was entered due to the noise ordinance. Actually, the fourth amendment would actually keep you from doing so because it states that “every citizen right to be free from unreasonable government intrusion into their persons, homes, businesses, and property –whether through police stops of citizens on the street, arrests, or searches of homes and businesses”.
Earl Rochester argues that Americans should be licensed to drink alcohol. He claims that eight to twelve percent of Americans will “become alcoholics or problem drinkers.” Rochester’s proposal is a written test in which applicants study information about alcohol and the laws that surround drinking before obtaining a license which they must show in bars or stores before purchasing alcohol of any kind. I disagree with Rochester’s proposal; this country already has a legal drinking age, an ID check before purchasing, and laws surrounding the consumption of alcohol – an extra test will not prevent “problem drinkers or alcoholics” from consuming. Here in America the legal drinking age is already enforced. Most high school students take a Health class in which they learn the effects of many substances, including alcohol, on the body.
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(Source of information: Wikipedia's article: Political Positions of Mitt Romney) Abortion: pro-life Capital punishment: against Censorship: against the Fairness Doctrine Child protection: "would propose a "One-Strike, You're Ours" law for child sex offenders convicted of using the Internet to prey on children." Education: supports No Child Left Behind Abstinence education: supports this in public schools Prayer in schools: He was against this in 1994, but in 2007 said ""We ought to allow ceremonies, graduation ceremonies and public events that we have the ability to recognize the Creator." Gas crisis: Wishes to become independent of foreign oil by using alternative fuels as well as domestic reserves of petroleum. Environment\Global warming: Pro-environment; regulation of greenhouse gas emissions through