Running Head: SOCIAL CHANGE RESEARCH PAPER

Social Change Research Paper

Guy Hall

OMM 612

Professor Lisa Barrow

March 29, 2010

Social Change Research Paper

In this paper I will focus on the social class and reform movements, specifically how the regulation of medicinal marijuana use has gone through a great deal of governmental scrutiny as well as how it has evolved into twentieth century times only to go on with placing an array of challenges such as epidemics of organized crime and what some publicize as undue criticism on today's lawmakers. According to the online source DEA Museum, it was said, "Since the 19th century when Americans first discovered new wonder drugs like morphine, heroin, and cocaine, our society has confronted the problem of drug abuse and...