Smoking Success (This is a real case)

"I've been high since I'm 13," Justin Hartfield observed, admitting that his rsum includes a stint as a high-school marijuana distributor and a member of a group of website hackers.118 Now in his 30s, Hartfield is a successful entrepreneur and investor. So what if he is dealing in the same venues of his childhood passions?marijuana and websites? He says, "Marijuana is not going to be profitable to make in the long term, it's going to be a dollar a gram. And so, someone . . . needs to step in and make it profitable to grow. I'm the best guy to do it." Hartfield envisions himself as the top leader of a newly legalized industry.

Obviously, he has no issue with the ethics of marijuana consumption or distribution. He created Weedmaps.com, a large directory for medical-marijuana users to find accessible doctors and dispensaries; his other business through Ghost Group invests in start-up marijuana operations. "I'm doing everything I can in this industry legally," he said. Hartfield hopes recreational marijuana use is legalized everywhere soon. "I care about the least amount of people suffering under prohibition," he said, "and Secondarily the more money I can make."

Instructions:

1. Of the power relationships in the graphic below, identify at least 2 that apply here and explain why?

CONTEXT Political (domestic / international) Economic (market & trade relations) Environmental (urbanization; planning) -Historical (health system changes over time) Cultural (belief systems & knowledge models) 1. ACTOR RELATIONSHIPS & NETWORKS 3. BROADER SOCIETAL FLOWS & EXPRESSIONS OF POWER ACTORS At global, national, sub-national, frontline: -Who makes / influences decisions? CONTENT & What forms of power do they invoke? -How do they interact? STRUCTURES Whose interests are at stake? PROCESSES Governance & stewardship Individuals Types / scale of policy Groups Agenda setting (formal/informal) Health system / service design Organizations -Policy formulation (intervention vs. system reform) Corporations Resource allocation - Driving values Implementation (equity vs. efficiency) Service delivery (choice vs. universality) (social protection vs. responsibility) 2. SOURCES OF POWER