Controlled Substances Act

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Drug abuse has always been an awkward subject as it has always dealt with one’s health and wellbeing. The United States place towards drugs has always been very clear and typically negative. Throughout history in our country, there have been many cases against drug dealers and buyers. These cases caught the public’s attention that showed interest, in such cases that worries expressed about the future of their children and that someday they might face this problem. As time went by it, was clear that people needed to feel protected by law enforcement organizations such as the police department. Drug abuse can destroy the life of a person. Therefore, while combating with the dealers and buyers’ organizations with no other importance than …show more content…

They remarked on the Controlled Substances Act and a certain embargo on illegal drugs, which made by authorities and considered law. There is no exception from the law; its associated to the situation when the fact of not knowing a law does not release you from the responsibility for violating a law. An argument of this case related to the possibility to make exceptions about the Controlled Substances Act. Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative suggested that marijuana is medically necessary for a certain group of people and the United States government should consider this an infringement on the Controlled Substances Act. The extent of marijuana’s need for medical purposes was the point that caused the greatest of the questions throughout the case. The Court supposed to solve this problem and declare its …show more content…

The likelihood to make an allowance assessed in four medical cases. The foregoing restriction does not apply to the distribution of cannabis by the Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative to patient members who suffer from a severe medical ailment, will they suffer imminent harm if the patient does not have access to cannabis, do they need cannabis for the treatment of the patient’s medical condition, or need cannabis to relieve the medical illness or symptoms related to the medical condition, and have no reasonable legal alternative to cannabis for the successful treatment or relief of the patient's medical condition or symptoms related with the medical condition because the patient has tried all other legal options to cannabis and the options have been unsuccessful in treating or relieving the patient's medical condition or symptoms associated with the medical condition, or the substitutions result in side effects which the patient cannot moderately tolerate. This critical exception by itself caused many disputes and weakened the commitment of the Controlled Substances Act. However, the decision of the case remained unwavering and by this created a lot of

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