Legalization of marijuana for medical purposes

Natalia Stelson

Cannabis, also known as marijuana

- is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States The main active chemical in marijuana is delta-9tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, for short.

History of prohibition

1860 - Regulations and restrictions on the sale of Cannabis sativa as a drug 1906 -Increased restrictions and labeling of cannabis as a poison began in many states 1920s - outright prohibitions began in the US mid-1930s Cannabis was regulated as a drug in every state. 1970s, many places in the United States started to abolish state laws and other local regulations that banned possession or sale of cannabis

California
1996

- voters passed Proposition 215, (Compassionate Use Act) It allows patients with a valid doctor's recommendation, and the patient's designated Primary Caregivers, to possess and cultivate marijuana for personal medical use

+ 13 states
Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New

Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont Washington

Nevada

MEDICAL USE
Pain

Chemos

adverse effects Diabetes and its complications Alzheimer disease Epilepsy HIV

DRIVING
2009 most commonly detected nonalcoholic drug in drivers
3

2011 9% less death on the roads 5% less beer purchase

time more accidents fatally injured - detected THC

28%

Social and Health Burdens

GATEWAY DRUG
CANNABIS
1.5%

LEGAL ANALGESICS

start cocaine Less than 1% crack, LSD, meth, heroin

2.9%

start cocaine More than 1% crack, LSD, meth Twice increased risk of heroin addiction

ECONOMIC LOSSES
Kentucky

-1 imprisoned person 19 000$ /year tenth millions for holding mostly nonviolent people in prison In 2008, Texas state prisons spent $46.1 million supervising marijuana-only related prisoners. The cost of marijuana enforcement in California alone is estimated to be over $146 million

ECONOMICAL BENEFITS
California

business save roughly $41.3 billion per year in government expenditure on enforcement of prohibition. tax revenues of $8.7 billion per year (taxed at the same rates as alcohol and tobacco) act of legalizing - increase of $17.4 billion a year

15 billion on legal cannabis

HEALTH
Lung

does! Brain after cessation. everything return to norm HIV suppresses virus Cancer, chronic pain, epilepsy better quality of life + less expensive treatment

- no changes. But tobacco

CAREER PROBLEMS

2012 year trial - no influence on academic success

MAIN PROBLEM - CONTROL

Who are customers and what their purposes

first try before 19 y/o 74% cocaine users 50% used meth in different period 32 y/o male main customer
87,9%

When cannabis can be used?

Work place COGNITIVE CHAOS

THE END