Merissa Crain
Mr. Kozak
Part III
07 December 2012
Annotated Bibliography
Doherty, Brian. "Weed and weapons: patients lose gun rights." Reason May 2012: 14. Gale Opposing
Viewpoints In Context. Web. 7 Dec. 2012.
This article is objective, but the author seems to be a little subjective. This article explains the BATFE
law. (The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives) If you receive medical marijuana you
can lose you second amendment rights. Rowan Wilson is challenging that policy. A gun dealer who knew
Rowan Wilson personally refused to sell her a gun because of the BATFE’s policy. Ms. Wilson prior to this
was never charged or convicted of any drug related offence. She was never an unlawful user of, or
addicted to marijuana. UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh agrees that no one should sell her a weapon
because she holds a card that denies her second amendment rights.
"Marijuana Use Can Increase Pain." Marijuana. Ed. Noah Berlatsky. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012.
Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Discovery That Active Ingredients in Marijuana Spread and
Prolong Pain Has Implications for Medical Use of Drug and Concepts of Chronic Pain." Medical
News Today. 2009. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 7 Dec. 2012.
The “endocannabiniods” that is in marijuana is also made within the human body. They say that
endocannabinoids can amplify pain. According to this you’re your body already produces
endocannbinoids so your body is already immune to it. So some people think it is pointless to be able to
receive medical marijuana. This is also an objective article.
McCarberg, Bill. "Marijuana Can Help in the Treatment of Pain." Marijuana. Ed. Noah Berlatsky. Detroit:
Greenhaven Press, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Marijuana and Pain Management."
National Pain Foundation, 2012. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 7 Dec. 2012.
Cannabinoids are classified into three types: Endocannabinoids (produced by the body),
Phyrocannabinoids (produced by the cannabis plant), and synthetic cannabinoids (produced in the
laboratory). People in the united started suffer from chronic paint. Pain so bad that it can’t be relieved.
Patients are in desperate need of a new pain management process. All though cannabinoid medicines
seem very promising, it is often obscured by controversy, prejudice, and confusion. This is an objective
article.
Croke, Bill. "Legal Medical Marijuana Has Caused Problems for Local Communities." Medical Marijuana.
Ed. Noël Merino. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2011. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "High
Under the Big Sky." American Spectator (2 June 2010). Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context.
Web. 10 Dec. 2012.
According to this article a man was murdered who was tied to the theft of medical marijuana. Although
in Montana there have been related offences. In Montana’s largest city, there have been two fire
bombings in the outlet of medical marijuana.
"16 States and DC That Have Enacted Laws to Legalize Medical Marijuana." Medical Marijuana. Ed.
Margaret Haerens and Lynn M. Zott. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. Opposing Viewpoints.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 10 Dec. 2012.
As of right now there are seventeen states that have legalized medical marijuana. Alaska in 1998,
Arizona in 2010, California in 1996, Colorado in 2000, DC in 2010, Delaware in 2011, Hawaii in 2000,
Maine in 1999, Michigan in 2008, Montana in 2004, Nevada in 2000, New Jersey in 2010, New Mexico in
2007, Oregon 1998, Rhode Island 2006, Vermont in 2004, and Washington in 1998.
"Potential Therapeutic Uses of Medical Marijuana." Medical Marijuana. Ed. Margaret Haerens and Lynn
M. Zott. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. Opposing Viewpoints. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In
Context. Web. 10 Dec. 2012.
There are many disorders that you can have, that you can receive medical marijuana for. Here are some
of them: Glaucoma, Alzheimer’s, Fibromyalgia, Dystonia, Hepatitis C, Diabetes, Pruritus, Osteoporosis,
MRSA, Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, Chronic Pain, Tourette’s Syndrome, HIV, Hypertension, Sleep Apnea, GI
Disorders, Incontinence, and Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Steigerwald, Lucy. "Pot federalism: weed defense grows." Reason Nov. 2012: 14+. Gale Opposing
Viewpoints In Context. Web. 10 Dec. 2012.
In November 2011, sheriff's deputies searched a Spokane, Washington property based on marijuana
odor. The case was turned over to the feds with the alleged growers facing a minimum of five years in
prison. Their attorney argued that the search violated the Fourth Amendment because suspected
marijuana cultivation does not constitute probable cause for a warrant in Washington, which lets people
grow the plant for medical use, unless there is evidence that the grower is exceeding state limits.