Ashley owns and operates The Smokehouse, a small local marijuana dispensary in a small town in California. She grows, cultivates and sells her organic marijuana locally at her small dispensary. She has a small, but loyal customer base. The federal government, through the direction of the Federal Attorney General, raided The Smokehouse, seized all of Ashley grow supplies, product and has arrested Ashley for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act. Ashley maintains that she cannot be prosecuted under federal law because she has complied with all state and local laws regarding marijuana manufacturing and dispensing. She also maintains that the federal government has exceeded its regulatory power under the United States Constitution. Is she correct? Please discuss? When answering please consider the following: What power does the federal government have to regulate the State of California and its residents? Where does the federal regulatory power come from?

John, a 34 year old father of two children, is a member of a health maintenance organization (hmo) in texas. john has made several trips to an area clinic recommended by his hmo to seek medical attention since finding blood in his bowel movements. he has been taking large amounts of aspirin for persistent headaches but did not realize that this could cause internal bleeding. john was always seen at the clinic by a physician assistant, robert m. but never by a physician. robert didn't ask john about taking any nonprescription medications. john didn't realize that he should mention his over the counter medication (aspirin) consumption. robert tells john to take an antacid preparation to control the bleeding, but does not order any tests. he tells john to return if he is not any better. two days later, john is rushed to the area emergency room with a bowel hemorrhage.1-¿what responsibility, if any, does robert have for john's emergency? 2- does the clinic have a responsibility to provide its hmo members with the services of a physician? 3- what responsibility, as a healthcare consumer, does john have for his own medical condition?