Amy StaffordSalisbury University

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HB1101 Medical Marijuana - Academic Medical Centers

Allows for the investigational use of marijuana for medical purposes

Establishes the Medical Marijuana Commission

Beneficial in treating

AIDS

hepatitis C

glaucoma

cancer

multiple sclerosis

epilepsy

chronic pain,

other medical conditions

1937• The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937

1970• Marijuana was placed as a schedule I illicit drug

1970-Present

• Scientists study health effects and discover medicinal uses

1988

• DEA chief administrative law judge ruled marijuana safe in a therapeutic form

1988-Present

• DEA continues to refuse to reschedule marijuana from a schedule I to schedule II controlled substance

State Support

Public Opinion

Medical Organization

Support

Lawmakers have a responsibility to change law so that seriously ill people can use medical marijuana without fear of arrest an improvement

www.jrlawfirm.com

Efforts to obtain FDA approval of medical

marijuana unsuccessful

Congress has the power and responsibility to

change federal law303magazine.com

Marijuana Policy Project (2011). Medical

Marijuana Briefing Paper the Need to Change

State and Federal Law [policy brief]. Retrieved

from: http://www.mpp.org/reports/medicalmarijuana-

briefing.html

H.R. 1007: Asthma Management Plans in School Act

Development of asthma management plans

Purchase asthma medications and devices for emergency use

22 million Americans, including 6.5 million children under age 15 suffer from asthma

www.cdc.gov

Asthma treatment for those under the age of 18 is $3.2 billion dollars annually

www.stateofdisparity.org

diagnosis

treatment

management

prevention ASTHMA

Legislative

Action

Advocacy

Education

In 2003 4,000 people died from asthma including 295

children

13 million school days were missed due to asthma

200,000 children a year are hospitalized for asthma

African Americans are affected by asthma at a much higher rate than other ethnic groups

Increase awareness of asthma as a critical

health priority

Determine costs of asthma

Promote education

Monitor and evaluate quality of asthma care

Choose one or two key asthma issues to work towards

Give schools support needed to combat asthma

www.entertainment.com

The Council of State Governments(2011)

Preventing Asthma and Promoting Respiratory

Health [policy brief]. Retrieved from:

www.healthystates.csg.org/NR/rdonlyres/BF03D8

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