I have a criminal justice question pertaining to medical marijuana

I have a criminal justice question pertaining to medical marijuana

Please re-read CRIME IN THE NEWS starting at page 9 to page 10.  Also, please watch the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdNvIPx2whI&feature=youtu.be (

Please discuss, (1) where you stand on the medical marijuana controversy, and (2) if you believe the Court’s decision in Gonzalez v. Raich in 2005 was correct in its application of the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution/ Interstate Commerce Clause.

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According to Leyton (2016), marijuana is prepared from the Cannabis Plant and it can be used as a drug or for medicinal purposes. There has been an ongoing controversy about the legality of Marijuana all over the world. There was however an outrageous event on Marijuana in the United States when agents from the federal government raided dispensaries with Marijuana.

Federal law provides that it is illegal to sell or possess Marijuana. In 1969 however, voters passed the Compassionate Use Act legalizing the use of Marijuana for medical use. The justice department however declared…..

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