Link #1
"On the Limits of Supremacy: Medical Marijuana and the States' Overlooked Power to Legalize Federal Crime." By Robert Mikos. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract-id=1356093>.
This article was written by Robert Mikos, who studied at Vanderbilt Law School. His paper focused on how the government overlooks the fact that the states have the power to legalize conduct Congress bans. State laws use the de facto law in thirteen states. This edict states that these laws cannot be replaced by Congress. Not only are these states legalizing medical marijuana, they are also getting rid of the social, moral and personal discouragement against medical marijuana. Though most say that the drug war is mainly over, so far it has been the States that have conquered this struggle.
Evaluation: The author’s connection to this topic is that the laws that the states make are just as important as federal laws as well. There is some solid evidence because they describe the laws and articles used in the Constitution that the Federal government and Congress cannot override certain rules that the states have made, however, there is some bias shown in the article because he says that commentators say that the drug war for the most is part is over. He also uses conventional wisdom that the states have won the drug war over the federal government.
Link #2
Hoffman, Diane E., and Ellen Weber. "Medical Marijuana and the Law." The New England Journal of Medicine. Massachusetts Medical Society, 22 Apr. 2010. Web. 2 Apr. 2012. <http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1000695>.
This next article was written by Ellen Weber and Diane Hoffman, who both attended the University Of Maryland School Of Law in Baltimore. This article discusses on what the state laws restrict on medical marijuana. It also slightly talks about how the States lead the medical marijuana movement despite the federal government’s commands. It talks about some of the requirements that might have been left out in some of the state laws, and that some of these laws can put some patients in a cautious position.
Evaluation: the author is saying that the states have led the medical marijuana movement due to the federal lawmakers refuse to sign petitions to prescribe medical marijuana. Although the Federal Law can arrest any physician that prescibes medical marijuana, there was a case where the Department of Justice issued a memoraundum to US attorneys that they should leave patients alone that are following the state laws.
Evaluation: the author is saying that the states have led the medical marijuana movement due to the federal lawmakers refuse to sign petitions to prescribe medical marijuana. Although the Federal Law can arrest any physician that prescibes medical marijuana, there was a case where the Department of Justice issued a memoraundum to US attorneys that they should leave patients alone that are following the state laws.
Link #3
Seamon, Matthew J., Jennifer A. Fass, Maria Maniscalco-Feichtl, and Nada A. Abu-Shraie. "Medical Marijuana and the Developing Role of the Pharmacist." Memphis.edu. University of Memphis, 15 May 2007. Web. 2 Apr. 2012. <http://axon.psyc.memphis.edu/~charlesblaha/7705/Papers_08/samantha_daniel_medical_marijuana.pdf>.
Seamon, Matthew J., Jennifer A. Fass, Maria Maniscalco-Feichtl, and Nada A. Abu-Shraie. "Medical Marijuana and the Developing Role of the Pharmacist." Memphis.edu. University of Memphis, 15 May 2007. Web. 2 Apr. 2012. <http://axon.psyc.memphis.edu/~charlesblaha/7705/Papers_08/samantha_daniel_medical_marijuana.pdf>.
This next article was written by four students at the University of Memphis: Matthew, Jennifer, Maria, and Nada. This article shows how chemicals in the marijuana plant flow through the cells and the body every time it is taken in. It also shows the therapeutic effects and the consequences it can have on your body. It shows the diseases that it can help and the diseases that can hurt. It is also read in this article that pharmacists should be very careful when it comes to recommending medical marijuana to patients, because they have to follow every federal rule, and one mess-up could possibly ruin their career. However, pharmacists should also keep a good relationship between them and their patients as well.
Evaluation: This is one of the most unbiased articles I think I have ever came across in my project. This describes the theraputic remedy medical marijuana can give patients that need it, and also the risks and consequences that it can give those who are not careful with it. It describes the cautious and touchy laws they have abuot pharmacists giving the medicine to patients, but it also shows how the pharmacist and the patient can have a good relationship while jumping over hurdles to prescribe medical marijuana.
Evaluation: This is one of the most unbiased articles I think I have ever came across in my project. This describes the theraputic remedy medical marijuana can give patients that need it, and also the risks and consequences that it can give those who are not careful with it. It describes the cautious and touchy laws they have abuot pharmacists giving the medicine to patients, but it also shows how the pharmacist and the patient can have a good relationship while jumping over hurdles to prescribe medical marijuana.
