On January 4, 2018, a few days after marijuana became legal in California, Jeff Sessions. Attorney General of the United States, announced that the Trump Administration. Was rescinding the Obama-era policy of non-interference with State marijuana laws. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Marijuana is considered a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Schedule 1 drugs, by […]
21 countries in the world have legalized marijuana for at least medical use, America should the 22nd. There are many positives to the legalization of marijuana nationally. Marijuana should be legalized nationally to help boost the economy, benefit medical patients, and match other legalized substances. Marijuana sales have helped increase the economy in the states […]
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Get started“Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana be private for personal use. Therefore, I support legislation amending federal law to […]
Introduction Whenever the topic of marijuana comes up in almost all parts of the world, what follows is a heated debate on its legal status. To some people, it is just a herb to which they have attached some religious belief while to others; the topic invokes a mixed feeling as they consider it an […]
According to National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), “[i]n 2013, there were 19.8 million. Current users—about 7.5 percent of people aged 12 or older—up from 14.5 million (5.8 percent) in 2007” (“Nationwide Trends” 1). Marijuana use has increased by approximately 2 million users of teenagers within the span of 6 years. With the increasing popularity, […]
For many years, the act of smoking has not only affected the lives of those. Who are in their adolescents, it has also caused problems for smokers of age as well. Though the rise of tobacco is nothing new, the increase of smokers in the US has significantly risen. Since the introduction of the legalization […]
Should Marijuana Be Legalized? Marijuana, otherwise called weed, pot, grass, bud, trees and numerous other road slang words, ought not under any conditions be legitimized because of the negative impacts it has on society. It can and would crush society with time on the off chance that it was lawful, at the end of the […]
In 1978 the state legislator of New Mexico made a law allowing physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients suffering from nausea caused by chemotherapy, much of this due to the efforts of a cancer patient by the name of Lynn Pierson. The Federal government modified the law to make it comply with IND regulations requiring […]
Introduction Community health care is an important component to all communities and especially a under privileged community. I would like to discuss a new community health care policy for Logan County. The CDC defines “policy” as a law, regulation, procedure, administrative action, incentive, or voluntary practice of governments and other institutions” (2015). I would like […]
Marijuana also known as cannabis sativa is being used illegally by many Americans today of all ages. Before the 1960s, many Americans had never heard of marijuana, but today it is the most used illegal drug in this country. All types of marijuana are mind-altering drugs. They all contain THC, the main active chemical in […]
A pro marijuana web page stated “Fewer than 2 percent of drug-related emergency room visits involved the use of marijuana alone in the year 1994”. Are the correct in saying it is safe, not according to anti marijuana groups. In today’s society, a debate over the legalization of marijuana has been on going. Two divisions […]
Just in, California has become the first state to legalize pot! Unfortunately, for all you proud owners of a two-foot-bong or a three-inch bowl, you must have a prescription from a medical doctor before you light up. Perhaps it’s only a crack in the ice, but it is a start to a long-awaited, controversial issue […]
Citizens of California approved legislation legalizing medical marijuana in 1996. Since then, twenty-two additional states have followed suit to legalize some form of marijuana use. Although federal law does not prohibit marijuana per se, the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 taxed marijuana so heavily that, in effect, marijuana was outlawed (Dills et al.). Colorado citizens […]
Marijuana has been used for thousands of years since its discovery. Today, there is a wide debate regarding marijuana and its usage in our nation. Should it be legalized everywhere? Should it only be allowed medically? How about recreational use? Smoke it? Vape it? Eat it? These are just a small portion of questions asked […]
It is widely documented that the healthcare revolution. That began in the late 1990s led to many changes especially. Those related to fiscal restraint and cost containment in the healthcare sector. Most importantly, the twentieth century is referred to as an era of downsizing. And organizational restructuring; factors which caused a rapid increase in the […]
In the United States, the nursing profession is the fastest-growing career. The numbers of registered nurses in health facilities continue to decline still as their demand increases. Job growth estimations index by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’. Nursing among the principal occupations experiencing growth. Expectations are that by the year 2024 more than three million […]
Transference was a word first used by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud to label the way patients ‘transfer’ feelings from significant persons in their early lives, onto their therapist. Transference refers to redirection of a patient’s feelings for a significant person to the therapist. Transference is can be manifested as anger, mis-trust, hatred, dependence. Or even erotic […]
The health care policy of a nation is a very important aspect of a nation which should be one of the major priorities of the nation. However, regardless of how important a health policy is in a country, the way it is run differs from one nation to another. One can define a health care […]
Many leaders of our great nation have tried to establish a plan that could take care of Americans, especially when it comes to the rising prices of health care and insurance premiums. “Almost one of every six Americans have no health insurance, health care spending is escalating rapidly, administrative costs are excessive, and medical errors are […]
Nowadays the healthcare policy is more complicated than ever, numerous policies, regulations by government and health insurance agencies. All these issues impose great challenges and obstacles in healthcare making nurses’ job even more challenging. Unfortunately, most of the times patients and nurses are the ones caught between the cross currents of cost constraints and access to […]
The development of health care policy in the last one hundred years has been shaped by many factors. These factors are social, economic and political and include poverty, de-industrialisation and different political ideologies. Social attitudes changed over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and were the main driving force for the development of health care policies. […]
Relating Ethics to the Real World Ethics is a set of values that describe what is right or wrong, and good or bad. Ethics are everywhere and present in everyday situations and are involved in how and in which way humanity acts toward one another and to us. In the 5th century B.C., the great […]
Marijuana: Not a Problem, but a Solution Since its legalization in 2014, recreational marijuana has greatly benefitted Colorado in a number of ways. It has also come with its more negative consequences, which are also to be examined. Colorado experienced a large benefit from the marijuana tax being raked in by the millions by the […]
Introduction and Objectives of Policy This policy seeks to improve the process of mental health diagnoses in primary care. The main objective of the policy in development is to ensure that patients receive appropriate diagnoses and care in relation to mental health disorders. The goal is to have patients analyzed more qualitatively rather than quantitatively […]
General policy making viewpoints that exist today about access, cost and quality of healthcare in the United States Delivery of health care in the United States continues to face several problems to date with regard to cost of health care, access to health care and the quality of health care provided. In the year 2000, […]
Health care is one of the largest components of the American economy. Currently, 14 percent of our national wealth is spent on it each year. While consumer prices rise about 2 percent annually, health care costs are going up three times faster, at an annual rate of 6 percent. Compare that figure with the rates […]
Health care may be described as the treatment or management of illness. Broader descriptions may also include preserving of health through services that may be offered. Health care services may range from services such as medical, dental, pharmaceutical, clinical sciences and other services that may tend to either promote or maintain health care. The term […]
Abstract Dissociative Identity Disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder, is a unique disorder where the individual suffers from a split personality. Symptoms can include insomnia, anxiety, mood swings and a dissociated identity or split personalities (Web MD 2014). The movie Fight Club is an exclusive movie that includes a character living a dull life, […]
David G. Meyers defines a psychological disorder in the textbook Exploring Phycology 9th edition as a disruption to an individual’s biological, psychological, and social-cultural influences. Not to be confused with sicknesses, a psychological disorder can be caused from early childhood traumas. Dissociative identity disorder is defined as a coping mechanism to an individual’s problematic lifestyle. […]
A Quick Summary The wildly popular 1999 film, Fight Club, is one who’s plot is the result of and driven by the mental illness of the unnamed protagonist/narrator. The film begins with the protagonist leading a decidedly average life, one he subconsciously finds unfulfilling and restrictive. His subliminal anguish leaves him with a debilitating case […]
