VICE News “Weed May Be the Answer to the War On Drugs.” YouTube, 30 June 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F4Lrk7TauY.
Criminalization & Decriminalization of Marijuana - Questions
Remember: DO NOT simply number your paper and answer the questions. You are to craft a paper around the questions and around your position, and research regarding the subject that you have chosen.
What is marijuana?
Is its use medicinal, recreational or criminal? Please explain each perspective.
What type of medical conditions are treated, maintained or alleviated with its use?
What is the impact of recreational marijuana use?
Based on your research, what was the basis of criminalizing marijuana?
What have been the effects of criminalizing marijuana locally, nationally and culturally?
Which groups have experienced the most difficulty with the use of marijuana?
Which groups have been impacted most by the selling and or distribution of marijuana?
Over the years, what has caused or has been the catalyst for the shift in perspective regarding the use of marijuana?
Should marijuana be decriminalized in all states? If so, what is influencing your perspective? Have you known someone impacted by the criminalization marijuana?
Criminalization and Decriminalization of Marijuana - Articles
Owens, Donna M. "Can the cannabis industry be an agent of social justice? Or is it just another big business?" Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2021. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A649607631/OVIC?u=txshracd2487&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=d496e1f4. Accessed 5 Nov. 2021.
Hupka, Sasha. "Senate Moves to Legalize Pot at Federal Level. What Are the Chances?" Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2021, www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-29/what-are-the-chances-senate-will-legalize-pot-marijuana.
