Persuasive Speech Legalizing Marijuana Essay
Good Student
Professor Raynor
Persuasive Speech
Title: Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana
General Purpose: To Persuade.
Specific Purpose: To persuade or reinforce the attitude of my audience towards the legalization of marijuana being best for our country.
Thematic Statement: There are many reasons for why marijuana should be legal but due to lack of time I will only be discussing marijuana’s health risks and how it compares to alcohol, the government’s financial gain from legalization, and popular oppositions and myths about marijuana.
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I. Introduction: Hi my name is Good Student and I’m going to talk to you about …show more content…
Support material: The National Institute of Drug Abuse also recorded that in 2009 nearly half of all seniors in high school had smoked marijuana. For those people, worried that making it legal will make it more accessible I would like to point out that it is not difficult to come by and it is nearly the majority of the population has tried it at least once, therefore; legalizing it allows the government to make money instead of lose it in this regard.
3. Support material: Probably the most widespread rumor about marijuana is that it is a gateway drug. Not only have there been no studies that prove that, but there is evidence that shows that the people dealing marijuana deal other drugs as well and therefore can influence their buyers to harder drugs. Legalizing marijuana allows the governments to have quality control so there is no question that the marijuana is not laced with a harder drug.
Transition: To sum up the opposition I would like to point out that if you were concerned that legalizing marijuana would create an easier opportunity to access it, that may be true but it is easy to come by as is and legalization would allow for cleaner strains and an overall
Professor Raynor
Persuasive Speech
Title: Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana
General Purpose: To Persuade.
Specific Purpose: To persuade or reinforce the attitude of my audience towards the legalization of marijuana being best for our country.
Thematic Statement: There are many reasons for why marijuana should be legal but due to lack of time I will only be discussing marijuana’s health risks and how it compares to alcohol, the government’s financial gain from legalization, and popular oppositions and myths about marijuana.
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I. Introduction: Hi my name is Good Student and I’m going to talk to you about …show more content…
Support material: The National Institute of Drug Abuse also recorded that in 2009 nearly half of all seniors in high school had smoked marijuana. For those people, worried that making it legal will make it more accessible I would like to point out that it is not difficult to come by and it is nearly the majority of the population has tried it at least once, therefore; legalizing it allows the government to make money instead of lose it in this regard.
3. Support material: Probably the most widespread rumor about marijuana is that it is a gateway drug. Not only have there been no studies that prove that, but there is evidence that shows that the people dealing marijuana deal other drugs as well and therefore can influence their buyers to harder drugs. Legalizing marijuana allows the governments to have quality control so there is no question that the marijuana is not laced with a harder drug.
Transition: To sum up the opposition I would like to point out that if you were concerned that legalizing marijuana would create an easier opportunity to access it, that may be true but it is easy to come by as is and legalization would allow for cleaner strains and an overall