¶ … Federal Government Control Marijuana Legalization?
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At least a quarter of the advisory is spent asserting the agency's drug approval authority, including the caution that seeking "to bypass the FDA drug approval process would not serve the interests of public health because [it] might expose patients to unsafe and ineffective drug products." Clear away the smoke from the advisory and you find that behind the battle over medical marijuana is the underlying power struggle pervading many of our health care discussions, from abortion to health care access to physician-assisted suicide.
Should the State or Federal Government Control Marijuana Legalization?
It is the opinion of the author that the control over marijuana legalization should be divided between both state and federal government. Power should always be divided. Division of power acts as a safeguard for the people and citizens. Division of power acts as their protection from a fascist...
Division of power could additionally serve as protection from one part of the government controlling one specific area of people's lives. It is
American history for states to disagree on topics at the forefront of our
culture. Slavery is an example. The recent bank bail-outs are another example. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are recent examples, as well. Americans disagree to the point where, as in the case of the
Civil War, half of the country is willing to break off and become another country. Homosexual marriage is another recent issue, as is funding for
Planned Parenthood. It is American nature to disagree. We cannot neglect the issue of
prohibition. Who can imagine America without
alcohol or an American in which alcohol is illegal? That would be akin to if…
