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Identify a different problem or issue (local or state) that needs political attention through policy action. Once you've identified the issue (legalizing marijuana in Alabama), you will be constructing an issue brief on the proposed policy action. issue brief should be constructed using the attached template and should cover the following sections:
- Brief history of the issue
- General accounting of the current problem (stated in a couple of sentences)
- The options available for addressing the problem
- Whether there are current applicable policies that need to be expanded, adjusted or eliminated
- What actors are currently involved with the issue and where support currently exists
- What your recommendations are and how you would propose moving the policy forward (i.e., what support needs to be built, what channels does it need to go through, what of the options listed above are most feasible, etc)
Do not complete the template attached below with bullets or broad lists. This should be a detailed analysis of each element discussed above. Write this issue brief as if you were handing it to the state governor, the head of an agency, etc. They should understand your policy, recommendations and the policymaking process of this issue through review of your issue brief. It shouldn't need elaboration from you.
Utilize at least 3 scholarly sources.
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Running head: LEGALIZINGMARIJUANA IN ALABAMA
Legalizing Marijuana in Alabama
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Legalizing Marijuana in Alabama
Introduction
In the recent past, Alabama’s Governor signed into law a bill that aims at legalizing the
use of marijuana for medical purposes. It took the State a number of years of an attempt to
legalize marijuana for medicines. Eventually, the law found its way to become one of the laws in
Alabama.
Background information
Alabama banned marijuana in 1931. The state followed the ban for a long time until 2012
when Kevon Brown introduced a bill that would see cannabis legalized for medical purposes. He
introduced the bill as The Alabama Medical Marijuana Patients Rights Act. This bill was
unlucky since it failed in the committee (Barcott, 2015). In 2014, Governor Robert Bentley
signed into law Carly’s law. This law permitted the University of Alabama to offer nonpsychoactive CBD to children who faced debilitating seizure. However, this did not open up the
use of marijuana to all institution or public.
In 2015, Senator Bobby Singleton introduced a bill which he called Medical Marijuana
Patient Safe Access Act. This bill aimed at permitting patients with about twenty-five conditions
to access marijuana for medical purposes. This bill went through the Senate Judiciary
Committee. However, the bill did not survive the Senate floor. It failed on the bases of bad
legalization. In 2019, Tim Melson proposed a law that legalized marijuana for medical purposes.
The bill focused on creating a process to prescribe marijuana for specific medical conditions. Mr.
Melson claimed that the research outlines that marijuana could be instrumental to a certain
chronic medical condition by offering relief (Martin, & Rashidian, 2014).
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The Problem
Alabama is one of the states with tight marijuana regulations. However, the g...
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