Persuasive Letter Marijuana
October 21, 2013
Dear Senator Chambliss, My name is Joe Smoe, and I am currently attending a Political Science class at Georgia Perimeter College. I am writing to you in hopes of making a greatly needed change. Everyday, there are people of many ages that get arrest and prosecuted for the possession of marijuana. In my eyes, medicinal marijuana shouldn't have to be something that someone in any state should be arrested for. Exactly Twenty-one states have legalized medicinal marijuana already, so why not make it every state? My main reason for supporting the legalization of medicinal marijuana is that it helps people that deal with various health conditions on a day to day basis. The positive attributes that marijuana holds are pretty much countless.1 Marijuana has been proven to provide relief with Alzheimer’s disease, Anorexia,HIV/ AIDS, Arthritis, Cancer, Epilepsy, Migraines, Multiple Sclerosis, and many more. The prescription drugs that people use to get comfort or even cure those illnesses that I've listed above ,kills about 100,000 people worldwide each …show more content…
Government study states that alcohol abuse kills about 75,000 Americans a year and can shorten a person's life by about 30 years. This study also states that consumption of alcohol is the third leading cause of death in the United states. An estimated 34,833 people died in 2001 from cirrhosis of the liver and cancer that is from excessive drinking. Also, 40,993 Americans died from car crashes related to alcohol that same year. In addition, tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in America. 3According to the CDC , tobacco causes 5 million deaths per year worldwide. Tobacco causes heart disease, cancer, and several lung diseases. Alcohol and tobacco kill people everyday. Yet it's something that is openly sold, purchased, and used. I have found myself asking, why are things that kill people on a daily basis legalized when something harmless is frowned
Dear Senator Chambliss, My name is Joe Smoe, and I am currently attending a Political Science class at Georgia Perimeter College. I am writing to you in hopes of making a greatly needed change. Everyday, there are people of many ages that get arrest and prosecuted for the possession of marijuana. In my eyes, medicinal marijuana shouldn't have to be something that someone in any state should be arrested for. Exactly Twenty-one states have legalized medicinal marijuana already, so why not make it every state? My main reason for supporting the legalization of medicinal marijuana is that it helps people that deal with various health conditions on a day to day basis. The positive attributes that marijuana holds are pretty much countless.1 Marijuana has been proven to provide relief with Alzheimer’s disease, Anorexia,HIV/ AIDS, Arthritis, Cancer, Epilepsy, Migraines, Multiple Sclerosis, and many more. The prescription drugs that people use to get comfort or even cure those illnesses that I've listed above ,kills about 100,000 people worldwide each …show more content…
Government study states that alcohol abuse kills about 75,000 Americans a year and can shorten a person's life by about 30 years. This study also states that consumption of alcohol is the third leading cause of death in the United states. An estimated 34,833 people died in 2001 from cirrhosis of the liver and cancer that is from excessive drinking. Also, 40,993 Americans died from car crashes related to alcohol that same year. In addition, tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in America. 3According to the CDC , tobacco causes 5 million deaths per year worldwide. Tobacco causes heart disease, cancer, and several lung diseases. Alcohol and tobacco kill people everyday. Yet it's something that is openly sold, purchased, and used. I have found myself asking, why are things that kill people on a daily basis legalized when something harmless is frowned