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Chronic Debate
1. The CHRONIC
Debate
“Federal Laws Prohibiting the Distribution and Use
of Medical Marijuana”
Adam Mattox, Amber Khalil,
Meghan Hatfield, and Lee Putney
11. Summary
Affirmative
• Evidence marijuana relieves
pain, nausea, vomiting and
other symptoms
• Clinical benefits outweigh
risks
• State laws: supremacy
clause
• Regulate and tax
Negative
• Health issues
• Illegal trafficking
• Better treatments
• Pathway drug
• Lack of data
12. References
Adali, Leyla. MedSci Discoveries: Medical Marijuana Uncovered!
February 22, 2013. http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/medsci-
discoveries/medical_marijuana_uncovered (accessed October 10,
2013).
Gupta, Dr. Sanjay. CNN Health: Why I changed my mind on weed.
August 8, 2013. http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/health/gupta-
changed-mind-marijuana/index.html?hpt=hp_t5 (accessed October
10, 2013).
Lane, Charles. The Washington Post: Medical Marijuana is an insult
to our intelligence. October 9, 2009.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/10/medical_
marijuana_is_an_insult.html (accessed October 10, 2013).
ProCon.org. Medical Marijuana: Top 10 Pros and Cons: Should
Marijuana be a medical option? May 6, 2009.
http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID
=000141 (accessed September 30, 2013).
13. References
• Colorado Medical Marijuana Sales Data. (2012). Retrieved October
19, 2013, from Colorado Department of Revenue:
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Revenue-
Main/XRM/1251633259746
• Povich, E. S. (2013, May 14). Huffington Post. Retrieved October 19,
2013, from Not So Fast: Marijuana Payoff May Not Materialize:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/marijuana-tax-revenue
• The University of Utah. Cannabis in the Clinic?: The Medical Marijuana
Debate. 2013.
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/issues/marijuana.html
(accessed October 10, 2013).