Its due in 12 hours
It’s on medical marijuana in Florida and how it got approved
It is a draft, and there is first part to it on the file attached
Your goal now is to add academic research to your paper in an attempt to bring more perspective to the topic and perhaps view the larger, related issues and/or context within which the policy or law exists. For your final paper, you will be required to use a minimum of 8 sources.
Beyond researching your topic (the law/policy) and writing the fundamental information on it, your goal for phase II of this paper focuses on a particular aspect in the policy that you want to investigate more in-depth. Perhaps the policy has become problematic as it affects one organization or population. Or a law may be good, but enforcing it may be problematic as a result of the limited resources of the agency tasked with enforcement or oversight.
Refer to the Policy Analysis section of your book for more guidance (146-150) and feel free to email me with any questions.
Due Thursday, April 1: you are to turn your research into a rough draft of 5-6 pages, which includes ALL of the sections below under “required format and content
REQUIRED FORMAT AND CONTENT FOR DRAFT 1: Please use prescribed headings and subheadings below in your paper
I. Policy: provide a clear definition and description of the policy in force, when it was implemented, and a brief explanation of important aspects of the policy.
II. History: a brief history of the policy, including the economic, social, and political environments in which the problem arose; a clear description of the problem the policy was created to resolve, including an estimate of its extent and importance; information on who put the policy in place and why.
III. Environmental Factors
A. Physical Factors: description of any physical factors that affect the origin, development, and
implementation of the current policy (i.e. if you are analyzing a policy regarding the Everglades, you
would include here specific regions, wildlife, or physical or tangible elements involved within your
policy).
B. Social Factors: identify the socio-economic players affected by the policy and explain why: who
benefits from the policy? Who suffers from the policy? Social factors include but are not limited to the
following: age, race, gender, social class, religion, sex, and education.
C. Economic Factors: describes the cost of implementing and developing the policy: how much is spent?
Who pays for it? Who benefits financially? Who suffers financially?
D. Political Factors: identifies the political players affected by the policy: who supports the policy? Who
opposes the policy? Political factors may include: political parties, religious organizations, civil rights
groups/organizations, non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations. Please do NOT include
individual politicians.
