How To Write A Persuasive Speech On Legalizing Marijuana
Marijuana legalization speech GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform.
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience about some views on legalizing Marijuana.
CENTRAL IDEA: To inform my audience about some arguments against and for, legalizing pot.
INTRODUCTION: Why should be marijuana be legalized? Or actually a better question is why should marijuana be illegal? For a long time now legalizing marijuana has been a controversial topic. Especially when it comes down to marijuana and college students. So I am going to give you a few arguments for and against marijuana legalization with some opinions from a college student?s perspective.
BODY: 1. Why should marijuana be illegal? Because when you think about there is no real reason for it to be illegal.
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Even students who don?t use marijuana are also approving of these ideas on legalizing marijuana. A good testimony is from Amy Kim, a University of Arizona freshman who says "It isn 't a big deal. If you don 't smoke, you just disregard it; it 's the most accessible thing out there next to liquor." 2. Although roughly one third or college freshman are for marijuana legalization this leaves the rest who are against it. There are two main views on keeping marijuana illegal.
I. The first reason to keep marijuana illegal is that the government has an obligation to protect public health.
A. The main argument for this is that Marijuana use causes serious problems in society, accidents, lost productivity on the job, and wrecked families. Legalizing marijuana will make things worse. B. This may seem the case but its also true for substances such as alcohol, with a little bit of research and study we find that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco may be the reason for more students to change their minds on the question of legalizing marijuana II. The second reason many students are against legalizing marijuana is the Gateway thesis.
A. This idea basically says that by smoking marijuana, it increases the likely hood of an individual to try stronger harmful and dangerous drugs such as cocaine and
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience about some views on legalizing Marijuana.
CENTRAL IDEA: To inform my audience about some arguments against and for, legalizing pot.
INTRODUCTION: Why should be marijuana be legalized? Or actually a better question is why should marijuana be illegal? For a long time now legalizing marijuana has been a controversial topic. Especially when it comes down to marijuana and college students. So I am going to give you a few arguments for and against marijuana legalization with some opinions from a college student?s perspective.
BODY: 1. Why should marijuana be illegal? Because when you think about there is no real reason for it to be illegal.
I. Individuals …show more content…
Even students who don?t use marijuana are also approving of these ideas on legalizing marijuana. A good testimony is from Amy Kim, a University of Arizona freshman who says "It isn 't a big deal. If you don 't smoke, you just disregard it; it 's the most accessible thing out there next to liquor." 2. Although roughly one third or college freshman are for marijuana legalization this leaves the rest who are against it. There are two main views on keeping marijuana illegal.
I. The first reason to keep marijuana illegal is that the government has an obligation to protect public health.
A. The main argument for this is that Marijuana use causes serious problems in society, accidents, lost productivity on the job, and wrecked families. Legalizing marijuana will make things worse. B. This may seem the case but its also true for substances such as alcohol, with a little bit of research and study we find that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco may be the reason for more students to change their minds on the question of legalizing marijuana II. The second reason many students are against legalizing marijuana is the Gateway thesis.
A. This idea basically says that by smoking marijuana, it increases the likely hood of an individual to try stronger harmful and dangerous drugs such as cocaine and