Legalization of Marijuana for Medicinal
A brief literature review of medicinal marijuana use of the following journal articles: (1)Khatapoush, S. and Hallfors, D. "'Sending the Wrong Message': Did Medical Marijuana Legalization in California Change Attitudes about and Use of Marijuana?" Journal of Drug Issues, (Fall 2004): 751 – 770. (2)Page, S. A., Verhoef, M. J., Stebbins, R. A., Metz, L. M., and Levy, J. C. "Cannabis Use as Described by People with Multiple Sclerosis." Canadian Journal of Neurological Science, Vol. 30 (2003): 201 – 205. (3)Reinarman, C., Nunberg, H., Lanthier, F., and Heddleston, T. "Who Are Medical Marijuana Patients? Population Characteristics from Nine California Assessment Clinics." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Vol. 43, No. 2 (2011) 128 – 135. (4)Trevino, R. A. and Richard, A. "Attitudes towards drug legalization among drug users." American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2002): 91 – 108.
Globalization trends and contemporary impacts
The world's economy has improved a lot over the previous 50 years and over the next 50years the change could be at least as dramatic. When globalization has its roots on liberalization of economic policies and vigorous technological advancement, then it is more likely to come with benefits such as improvement in production at a favorable cost, increased competition hence wider market for consumers and more job creation, improved resource allocation and the ability companies will have to tap into the international market.
Wal-Mart Labor Relations What Factors
Three ethics case studies considered from the four perspectives of utilitarianism, right-based analysis, justice-based analysis, and from the ethical concept of caring. Case One pertains to the withholding of safety syringes from the market at the expense of health care workers' safety. Case Two involves fair labor practices at Wal-Mart. Case Three involves the obligations of mining companies to ensure the safety of their employees.