In investigating the matter of California's proposition 215 and Arizona's proposition 200, I found out of many important issues that need to be discussed before making the decision of legalizing marijuana completely. In the run-up to November's elections, opponents of California's proposition 215 and Arizona's proposition, both of which allow doctors to recommend or prescribe currently illegal drugs drove home one basic point; These ballot initiatives were, in the words of Clinton and Barry McCaffery, "a stalking horse for legalization." (McCaffery 39).
Proposition 200 promises a broader impact than California's initiative. It enables doctors to prescribe any schedule I drug a category that includes marijuana, heroin, LSD,
MDMA, and other illegal substances. The point man behind Arizona's drug medicalization, precention, and control act of 1996 was phoenix area millionaire Jhon sperling, the head of the Apollo group, says his interest in the issue is purely public policy. (Sperling 12)
Organizers of both efforts remain emphatic that the proposition covers only legitimate defensible medical use. Bill Zimmerman Head of the California medical rights association said; all marijuana use is medical-except for kids".He also stated unabiguosly on CNN's "crossfire" That he is appossed to legalization of drugs and that the laws provision apply only to patients under the care of certified physicians. (Zimmerman 17)
More difficult questions revolve around the interaction of t
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