Satire Essay On Legalizing Marijuana
LP3.2 Assignment: Draft #1
I have been working on an essay for my composition class. Naturally, I had to write about marijuana! Marijuana is a very honest and controversial issue in society today. Many have been slanderous claims have been made about cannabis in recent history, the truths are slowly starting to come forward. There is so much criticism due to the stereotypical view of what people view as "pot smoker". America thinks that "pot smokers" is the lazy and unmotivated kids of our generation who don't do anything. It is misinformation spread by private interest who needed cannabis illegal for their own personal gains. I strongly believe that marijuana should be legalized for all users.
When using marijuana for medicinal purposes is …show more content…
The real reason is its simple, good old fashioned, American business. But no one wants to see it like that.
Marijuana is not as addictive as most media outlets see you to believe. The most addictive drugs, even above meth, is nicotine. After nicotine and meth come pills, and then alcohol. With everything goes to the bottom of the chart, you have caffeine, and at the VERY bottom you have marijuana. Less addictive than your can of Pepsi. If cannabis were legalized, and then regulated and taxed like other commercial goods, this could bring in huge dollar amounts to the federal governments. I feel like if people of the US gave marijuana a try and even see what it does to cancer patients and people with anxiety.
I don't understand why cannabis is still illegal in this country. To this day, I have not heard an intelligent argument against the legalization and regulation of cannabis. There is so much negative controversy that we get from supports. The fact is, many people would outlaw fast food, cigarettes, and tanning beds because of the harm that they cause America. But this is America and there is about their freedom and this is about their choice. Give the people in our states the choice to enjoy
I have been working on an essay for my composition class. Naturally, I had to write about marijuana! Marijuana is a very honest and controversial issue in society today. Many have been slanderous claims have been made about cannabis in recent history, the truths are slowly starting to come forward. There is so much criticism due to the stereotypical view of what people view as "pot smoker". America thinks that "pot smokers" is the lazy and unmotivated kids of our generation who don't do anything. It is misinformation spread by private interest who needed cannabis illegal for their own personal gains. I strongly believe that marijuana should be legalized for all users.
When using marijuana for medicinal purposes is …show more content…
The real reason is its simple, good old fashioned, American business. But no one wants to see it like that.
Marijuana is not as addictive as most media outlets see you to believe. The most addictive drugs, even above meth, is nicotine. After nicotine and meth come pills, and then alcohol. With everything goes to the bottom of the chart, you have caffeine, and at the VERY bottom you have marijuana. Less addictive than your can of Pepsi. If cannabis were legalized, and then regulated and taxed like other commercial goods, this could bring in huge dollar amounts to the federal governments. I feel like if people of the US gave marijuana a try and even see what it does to cancer patients and people with anxiety.
I don't understand why cannabis is still illegal in this country. To this day, I have not heard an intelligent argument against the legalization and regulation of cannabis. There is so much negative controversy that we get from supports. The fact is, many people would outlaw fast food, cigarettes, and tanning beds because of the harm that they cause America. But this is America and there is about their freedom and this is about their choice. Give the people in our states the choice to enjoy