In “A Technological Cloud Hangs Over Higher Education” author Keith Williams states that technology in the classroom today is totally different than the past. Because there are easier ways to get notes, PowerPoints, and lectures simply by downloading them from the internet. Whereas, before the internet, the student had to actually take notes during class. Williams asserts his statement by giving examples throughout the essay about not having to use hot projectors anymore to do lectures. Also, not having to use an actual textbook, but rather use the internet or an eBook.…
Prompt 1: Jeff Hunt’s article, Marijuana Devastated Colorado, Don’t Legalize it Nationally, details his concerns with the nation’s continuing acceptance of marijuana. He specifically discusses the introduction of the Marijuana Justice Act from Senator Cory Booker. This act would legalize weed across the nation and punish communities that do not conform. Hunt goes onto explain that the legalization of weed would bring more than devastation than relief. He exemplifies Colorado and the adverse effects the state has suffered since legalization such as an increase traffic deaths, poison control calls, hospital visits, and the marijuana black market.…
Legalizing and promoting marijuana has always been a controversial issue. According to Marijuana: Opposing Viewpoints, which was written by Jamuna Carroll, many people believe that if marijuana users continue to use marijuana that any, or all types of drug use will continue to increase among our society. However, Richard Lowry argues he's viewpoint saying, "Arresting, let alone jailing, people for using [marijuana] seems outrageously disproportionate." In Chapter 2 of Marijuana: Opposing Viewpoints, Lowry talks about his viewpoint, "The War on Drugs Punishes Marijuana Users Too Harshly."…
Charles Stimson’s essay "Legalizing Marijuana: Why Citizens Should Just Say No” presents the negative effects of marijuana legalization while Maria Navarro’s essay “Decriminalizing Marijuana Usage" provides evidence in support of decriminalizing marijuana. Both essays contain many types of evidence to support each of the author 's opinions on the subject of legalizing marijuana but Navarro not addressing the effects of marijuana usage on the health or intellectual performance of marijuana users weakens the impact of her essay. Stimson successfully develops his essay to convince the reader that legalizing marijuana wouldn 't be beneficial while Navarro falls short in conveying the reader that her argument on decriminalizing marijuana is valid.…
Marijuana Policy: Not As Detrimental Today, the United States of America is faced by rising demand for health care at lower costs with increasing population; is faced with increasing demand for education at affordable costs beside the huge bulk of unpaid student loans; and it is concerned with the high costs of living in the country. It is therefore feasible to devise ways to stabilize the country's economy and increase supply of these highly required services at affordable costs to all citizens. Many policies have been legislated and implemented with little or no success at meeting their intended purposes. One just has to look at Affordable Health Care policy, which was intended to make health care accessible to all at affordable costs.…
“In 2013, around 4.2 million people 12 and older had a marijuana abuse or addiction problem,” (Volkow par. 2). In Governing Magazine, State Marijuana Laws Map reveals that both Colorado and Washington legalized the use of marijuana in 2012. In the United States, twenty-three states have legalized Marijuana. Nineteen states have legalized marijuana for medical use only. Four states (Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Alaska) have legalized the use of recreational marijuana.…
Refuting “Six powerful reasons to legalize marijuana” by Owen Poindexter from NY Times The use, sale and possession of cannabis (marijuana) in the United States are considered as a schedule I control substances and illegal under federal law. However, five states have legalized marijuana for recreational use and thirty one states for medical use only. While proponents say there are legitimate reasons for cannabis legalization, concerns remain about the marijuana’s effect on users and their communities and so the controversy over marijuana legalization continues. This argument refutes one of these claims that tries to support the legalization of Marijuana by highlighting some of the details and evidences that look helpful in convincing the readers but leaving the other sides unsaid while explain the reasons.…
As part of my counter argument I wrote that marijuana has medicinal properties and can be helpful for a wide range of diseases and should be legalized. for my first premise I wrote that marijuana has medicinal properties I got this information from, ( drugrehab.com). I also found out that marijuana can be a pain reliever for an individual with severe disease such as :multiple sclerosis,Tourette Syndrome symptoms ,and most popularly known for relieving Cancer,(ProCon.org) .Finally,in my counter argument conclusion I took a stance for marijuana being legalized for recreational purposes, and that is because it helps relieve individuals pain when they have severe diseases. The primary point of disagreement in my original argument and my counter…
5. Describe at least one viewpoint on the issue that differs from yours. Explain the facts and principles that support this opposing viewpoint. (More than one opposing viewpoint may need to be discussed.)…
A Stand on Marijuana Legalization In the nineteen- the sixties and seventies, marijuana was used freely and the most widely used. The drug is still used today by people viewing it as a harmless natural substance helping with many mental and health issues. From experience marijuana causes problems with thinking and concentration. And if smoking a batch lace with something it can cause hallucinations and impaired skills.…
Those in proposition have expressed fears that through ease of access, numbers in pot consumption would increase drastically causing a spark in crime, possible health risks, and a lazier society which would potentially increase unemployment and welfare. While studying Colorado, who had been the first state in the U.S. to legalize recreational use of marijuana in January 2014, we can now see that these fears held no depth. In fact, the criminalization of marijuana has had a great strain on the American people through paying billions in taxes for the enforcement of marijuana related crimes and the overcrowding marijuana cases causes in prisons and jails (DPA, Drug Policy Alliance). We have since seen, through Colorado’s full recreational legalization in beginning 2014, that the fears of legalized recreational marijuana held no depth or truth. In fact, Colorado has shown us the endless pros of such: boost in revenue, de-crowding in correctional facilities, boost…
Rebuttal: If we legalize marijuana then teenagers will think it is okay to use it along with other more serious drugs. Marijuana is no different than alcohol or cigarettes and does not need to be used by everyone. If parents teach their teens to follow to rules when it comes to any of these products, then the likeliness of marijuana being used as a gateway drug is slight, since it is non-addictive. V. Conclusion: After looking deeper into the factual effects of marijuana, I believe that it should be legalized for medical and limited recreational use because its benefits outweigh the drawbacks, it is natural and non-addictive, and it isn’t as harmful as products we commonly use.…
The positive effects of legalization from an economic standpoint are far reaching. The moral obligation to take measures to help prevent the youth of America from obtaining marijuana illegally, and consequently being exposed to truly dangerous substances is apparent. Finally, American citizens should not be forced to suffer unnecessarily from the harsh and painful symptoms of disease, nor the side-effects of the medications currently used to treat…
Legalize Marijuana One of the greatest debates across this country right now is the topic of whether or not marijuana should be legalized. Marijuana is currently legal in some forms in 23 different states. The majority of those states have legalized marijuana strictly for medicinal reasons, while in only four of those states is recreational use of marijuana legal. Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is commonly perceived as unattractive and useless to most Americans. They see it as addictive and a gate-way drug.…
The Legalization of Marijuana as a Cure An argumentative essay Submitted to: Ms .Monica Tugade Faculty, CEAS, De La Salle Lipa Partially fulfilment in the requirement of the subject in Comski1 Submitted by: Clyde Jewel C. Solis September 25 2014 1…