Its due in 12 hours

It’s on medical marijuana in Florida and how it got approved

It is a draft, and there is first part to it on the file attached

Your goal now is to add academic research to your paper in an attempt to bring more perspective to the topic and perhaps view the larger, related issues and/or context within which the policy or law exists.  For your final paper, you will be required to use a minimum of 8 sources.

Beyond researching your topic (the law/policy) and writing the fundamental information on it, your goal for phase II of this paper focuses on a particular aspect in the policy that you want to investigate more in-depth. Perhaps the policy has become problematic as it affects one organization or population. Or a law may be good, but enforcing it may be problematic as a result of the limited resources of the agency tasked with enforcement or oversight. 

Refer to the Policy Analysis section of your book for more guidance (146-150) and feel free to email me with any questions.

Due Thursday, April 1: you are to turn your research into a rough draft of 5-6 pages, which includes ALL of the sections below under “required format and content

REQUIRED FORMAT AND CONTENT FOR DRAFT 1: Please use prescribed headings and subheadings below in your paper

 I. Policy: provide a clear definition and description of the policy in force, when it was implemented, and a brief explanation of important aspects of the policy.
 II. History: a brief history of the policy, including the economic, social, and political environments in which the problem arose; a clear description of the problem the policy was created to resolve, including an estimate of its extent and importance; information on who put the policy in place and why.
 III. Environmental Factors
 A. Physical Factors: description of any physical factors that affect the origin, development, and
                     implementation of the current policy (i.e. if you are analyzing a policy regarding the Everglades, you
                     would include here specific regions, wildlife, or physical or tangible elements involved within your
                     policy).
B. Social Factors: identify the socio-economic players affected by the policy and explain why: who
                      benefits from the policy? Who suffers from the policy? Social factors include but are not limited to the
                      following: age, race, gender, social class, religion, sex, and education.
 C. Economic Factors: describes the cost of implementing and developing the policy: how much is spent?
                      Who pays for it? Who benefits financially? Who suffers financially?
 D. Political Factors: identifies the political players affected by the policy: who supports the policy? Who
                      opposes the policy? Political factors may include: political parties, religious organizations, civil rights
                      groups/organizations, non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations. Please do NOT include
                      individual politicians.

Medical Marijuana: 3

Medical Marijuana in Florida

Irving Toruno

Florida International University

POS 4784

03/25/2021

Medical Marijuana in Florida

The Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative also known as Amendment 2 first appeared in 2014 ballot but due to limited support it ended up being defeated this is because the law only applied to those who were terminally ill and with at least a year to live. It later on reappeared on Tuesday November 18th, 2016 ballot and over 60% of the members voted it in as an initiated constitutional amendment and was approved. The amendment went into effect in January 3, 2017 The policy was mainly enacted to help the medical marijuana be used on patients only when the physician believed that it would be useful to outweigh the potential health risks for the patients.

The Florida Department of Health Agency’s spokeswoman stated that the agency was willing to follow the voters’ will once the constitutional amendment went into effect. By June 2017, the members of the Florida House and State had approved legislation to implement the amendment and thus the law became effective. This was completed by June 24, 2017. However, the law faced some criticism after its implementation. Members thought that the law making department was favoring just a few dispensaries that had ties to Florida legislators. Critics assert that the department are targeting to create some barriers into the market to the less fortunate and only focus on the wealthy white males politically connected.

Bibliography

Kilmer, Beau, and Robert J. MacCoun. “How medical marijuana smoothed the transition to marijuana legalization in the United States.” Annual Review of Law and Social Science 13 (2017): 181-202.

Santamaria, Nicole. “Medical Marijuana Legislation in Florida: The Recommendation vs. Prescription Distinction for Healthcare Providers.” Stetson L. Rev. 45 (2015): 537.

Smith, Jessica M. “Medical Marijuana: What Florida Health Care Providers and Their Attorne.”