3-2 Discussion Decriminalize of Marijuana and Police Recruitment - Make Your Case
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"Police departments should lower their marijuana standard"
I agree that police departments should lower their marijuana standards to recruit candidates. As a person that has in the past used marijuana and also grew up around it, I can say that it is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Though, there are risks to marijuana and there
are definitely ways to use it in a bad way, I cannot name one prescription drug that does not have
substantial risks. For example, according to Havard Health Medical School, medical marijuana can help get relief from persistent pain; “there is moderate evidence that medical marijuana may help disturbed sleep associated with sleep apnea, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, and MS,” and “there are FDA-approved cannabinoid-based prescription drugs that can help with side-effects from chemotherapy when other medications don’t” (Harvard Medical School, n.d.). Marijuana helps reduces seizures in some people saw with epilepsy, increases appetite which can be medically necessary, it can treat gastrointestinal disorders, reduce inflammation, help treat anxiety disorders, and so much more. If a candidate does their job and does not bring marijuana into their work environment, I do not see an issue. If it is not interfering with their ability to act accordingly and do their job, I, again do not see an issue. After reviewing “High Standards?”, it states that Baltimore and Maryland have become more comfortable with marijuana use, so its questionable why the Police Department is still struggling with hiring officers. I can see the benefits of the screening process where it would eliminate candidates that involved themselves with a harder drug rather than just marijuana. So yes, I believe that police departments should lower their marijuana standard. I personally believe that the use of marijuana has many benefits, it depends on how the person uses it.
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Loewentheil, N. (2017). High Standards? Reassessing the use of marijuana standards to screen police recruits in Maryland. The Abell Report, 30
(7), 1–16. Retrieved from https://www.abell.org/publications/high-standards
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Medical Marijuana: Facts About Cannabis, THC, and CBD. (n.d.). Harvard Medical School. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/medical-marijuana-facts-about-
cannabis-thc-and-cbd#about-report
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