State medical marijuana

The assigned readings consist of the following chapters: 83,84,85,90.
The objectives for this week are:

1. Define the benefits of organizational engagement in nursing organizations for the purpose of promoting better patient outcomes.
2. Review the components of successful coalition building, maintenance, and success and its impact on policy-making.
3. Analyze the historical influence of medicinal marijuana on health outcomes and its potential future as a mainstream treatment.
   Trace the history of cannabis use in medicine for the treatment and management of illness via nursing scholarly journal articles. Examine your sources for the following information below and describe the following:
4. Who are the stakeholders both in support of and in opposition to medicinal cannabis use?
5. What does current medical/nursing research say regarding the increasing use of medicinal cannabis?
6. What are the policy, legal and future practice implications based on the current prescribed rate of cannabis?
   Attached below is an additional resource that details current state medical marijuana laws:
   National Conference of State Legislatures- State Medical Marijuana Laws: http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-medical-marijuana-laws.aspx

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