Claim: Legalizing marijuana is a good idea because it provides a huge economic potential, it will durastically improve our prison system and drug war conditions and is a safer alternative than both ciggarettes or alcohol.
Audience: Anybody who is against the legalization of marijuana or for it.
RESEARCH AND PLANNING
I will be covering the economic advantages of marijuana including hemp and possible taxation, the potential improvement on the criminal end including allieviating high prison numbers and attempting to solve the drug war problems, and finally that marijuana is a safer alternative than both ciggarettes or alcohol. I will also look at particular case studies such as Amsterdam and California.
Potential Sources:
Gieringer, Dale. "Economics of Legalization." NORML. National Orginization for the Reform
of Marijuana Laws, June 1994. Web. 14 Nov. 2011.
http://norml.org/component/zoo/category/economics-of-cannabis-legalization.
"Hemp." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 15 Nov. 2011.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp>.
Johnson, Gary. "Gary Johnson: Legalize Marijuana to Stop the Drug Cartels." Breaking News
and Opinion on The Huffington Post. Huffington Post, 26 Aug. 2010. Web. 15
Nov. 2011. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-johnson/legalize-marijuana-to-sto_b_696430.html>.
"SAFER - Alcohol vs. Marijuana." SAFER - Home. Safer Alternative For Enjoyable
Recreation. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. http://www.saferchoice.org/content/view/24/53/.
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