Why did policy-makers think this was necessary?

Your assignment for this paper is to present an
opinion paper based in solid scientific evidence about Legalizing medicinal marijuana. Find atleast 6 peer-reviewed sources. In your 2-3 page opinion paper (NOT including
bibliography page), be sure to consider the following:
• How did this policy get enacted? Why did policy-makers think this was
necessary? (If it isn’t enacted yet, why is it thought to be needed and what is
preventing it from being enforced?)
• What scientific evidence supports your position?
• What scientific evidence refutes your position?
• Should this policy be continued, modified, or discontinued? How and why?
Your document will also be checked for
originality using the Turnitin software within the Assignment #3 folder on D2L. In order
to receive full credit for your work, you should have a similarity score less than or
equal to 15%.