Informative Speech On Marijuana

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MARIJUANA! Now that I have your attention this has been a topic going around the united states for quite sometime now and yet we know so little but so much about the plant. What we do know is the science behind marijuana there are many documentaries about it explaining it and taking a further step into detail just so you can fully understand it. What we don’t know about are the long term health risk or long term health benefits. People completely understand the side effects (the munchies, short term memory loss, etc). Today I want to talk about the potential health benefits and the potential health risk with the information that I have gathered from all over the world through the internet and tell you where I personally stand on this subject.

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