AMEND THE 1970 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA
| dc.contributor.advisor | Weinstein, Paul J. | |
| dc.creator | Gainey, Joseph | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-15T07:02:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-12-15T07:02:14Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2014-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-12-16 | |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2014 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-12-15T07:02:15Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The 1970 Controlled Substance Act (CSA) lists marijuana as a Schedule I drug with no accepted medical use and places it in the same lethal category as heroin, LSD, and ecstasy. However, a wide range of credentialed studies and clinical trials contradict the CSA in proving the drug's health benefits. This policy proposal recommends an amendment to the CSA to delist medical marijuana. Removing therapeutic marijuana from the CSA translates to providing effective treatment to patients with severe medical conditions that don't currently have effective treatment. It would also abate exceptional research protocols to afford for comprehensive studies to discover every therapeutic benefit the drug may have to offer. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/39401 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Johns Hopkins University | |
| dc.publisher.country | USA | |
| dc.subject | Medical marijuana | |
| dc.subject | Controlled Substance Act | |
| dc.title | AMEND THE 1970 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Government Program | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Public Management | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Johns Hopkins University | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Krieger School of Arts and Sciences | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. |