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Marijuana Is Not Addictive Critical Analysis
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Source 1 Title and Citation: Marijuana Is Not Addictive
Armentano, Paul. "Marijuana Is Not Addictive." Marijuana. Ed. Mary E. Williams. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. At Issue. Rpt. from "Setting the Record Straight on Marijuana and Addiction." LewRockwell.com. 2008. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 6 June 2012.

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Identify the principal issue presented by the source.
Marijuana is not Addictive

2
Identify any examples of bias presented by the author. If none exist, explain how you determined this.
‘Marijuana is widely accepted by the National Academy of Sciences, the Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, the
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Naturally, a handful of folks do, though this subpopulation is hardly large enough to warrant pot's legal classification (along with heroin) as an illicit substance with a "high potential for abuse." Nor does this fact justify the continued arrest of more than 800,000 Americans annually for pot violations any more than such concerns would warrant the criminalization of booze or nicotine.’

I feel like the author contradicted himself.

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Identify any areas that are vague or ambiguous. Explain your reasoning.
I couldn’t find any statements that were vague or ambiguous. The author detailed this article pretty well.

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Do you find the source credible? Explain your reasoning. Yes, I do find this source credible because “Paul Armentano is the senior policy analyst for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws”. Now if someone without power talked about this article then no I wouldn’t have found it
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"Marijuana Can Be Addictive." Addiction. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Marijuana Is Addictive—So What?" The Stanton Peele Addiction Website. 2006. 1-11. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 6 June 2012.

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Identify the principal issue presented by the source.
"Marijuana has substantial addictive potential."

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Identify any examples of bias presented by the author. Explain your reasoning. ‘In the process, it became hard for people to take seriously the idea that marijuana was dangerous, and especially that it might be addictive. After all, people thought, they used it without damaging their lives (although, certainly, many people used it heavily, some perhaps even virtually constantly—cf. the term "pothead").’ Now this confused me to the point where I needed my boyfriend to read it. The author is coming off in two different directions. I see that he is explaining it in his thoughts and the people thoughts. What I don’t understand is how marijuana is addictive and dangerous? It is the most natural drug because it helps with cancer, glaucoma, and asthma.

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