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    Persuasive Essay The use of illicit drugs within the community is causing an alarming detrimental effect to the people within the community‚ both the drug users and their friends and family. Stated within this essay is an insight into some of the issues which occur a s a result of individuals becoming addicted to the use of illegal substances. Cannabis and methamphetamine are the top two mainly used drugs in the Australian population. Methamphetamine being estimated to have been used by 9.1%

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    When delivering a persuasive speech‚ it is important to think about the ethical appeal‚ or ethos. Simply put‚ you will be able to convince more people if they believe you are a credible source‚ you have done your homework and you are putting forth the necessary information. I argued that the speaker’s credibility must be built and established in each speech; that what the speaker did or said before did not matter. It is important to realize that nowadays there are three different types of credibility

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    Opioid Persuasive Speech

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    is seldom obvious‚ the tendency is to view the symptoms as the problem and treat them as such” (p. 252). Drug addiction is such a complex issue‚ with the reasons for substance abuse being as varied as the people being treated‚ consequently several approaches may be needed in order to effectively battle the opioid epidemic. President Trump and his team would be wise to research drug addiction thoroughly before making decisions and committing taxpayer dollars to a public policy that could be flawed

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    purpose of my persuasive speech was to influence the audience to be more involved in the community by volunteering. I felt that my speech was suitably organized with a sustainable attention getter‚ a clearly organized body and a storytelling conclusion. I started the speech by asking the audience‚ “Has anyone ever stopped to help you when you were in a time of need and want to pay it forward by making a difference in someone else’s life‚ then why not volunteer?” In the body of my speech I included a

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    Steroids Persuasive Speech

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    According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse steroids are drugs that increase the testosterone level in a human body (“Anabolic Steroids” 1). “Anabolic steroids are synthetic variations of the male sex hormone testosterone.” Health care providers will provide steroids to people dealing with hormone

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    Alcohol Persuasive Speech

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    taught by parents‚ teachers‚ and police officers that drinking underage is unhealthy and can lead you to failure in the future. Although many of us listened and didn’t drink from a young age and waited till it was legal some of us didn’t. Alcohol is a drug. Every day more than‚ 4‚750 American kids at the age of 15 or younger take their first sip of alcohol. Kids who start drinking before the age of 15 or more likely to become an alcoholic or an abuser of alcohol. When teenagers start to drink it usually

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    Drugs are running rampant in our society today. Families and communities across America are being torn apart by all types of drugs. The criminalization of drugs has not done anything for addicts other than put them behind bars and misappropriate the useful time of government agencies. America needs to start focusing on the treatment of addicts‚ not the incarceration. Soon after‚ Americans will notice the decline in problematic drug usage that Richard Nixon promised when he declared the “War on Drugs”

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    Persuasive Speech Outline

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    Speech Outline This is a sample outline you should use for your speeches. Each speech should include a complete sentence outline. Name – Communication Course Title Type of Speech (informative‚ persuasive‚ group) General Goal – (to inform‚ to persuade‚ to entertain) Specific Goal – At the end of the speech‚ the audience … Introduction I. Attention & Interest (motivate your audience to listen to the speech) II. Credibility (establish your credibility to speak on this topic) III.

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    Have you gotten a negative impression surrounding the topic of drugs? Though drugs seem to be directly connected with crime‚ their legalization can create a more beneficial environment for people and companies;both indirectly and directly. Legalizing drugs aids the trade/stock markets by eliminating the black markets‚ as well as reducing violent crime and homelessness rates‚ essentially pulling the world a couple steps closer to becoming a negativity-free zone. Prohibited market systems consist

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    prices for pharmaceutical drugs are becoming overpriced. The increase in prices has become too high and has caused countless people to not have the ability to buy the medicine they need. This is a problem. These expensive pharmaceutical drugs have taken over the market as well as bullying their competitors out of business. Due to the competition‚ demand‚ and patents‚ companies have dominated specific drugs. I believe these three effects are making companies that produce the drugs to stop thinking about

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