David Cleveland
Willis-7th
Hour
English II-Honors
February 27, 2012
Marijuana should not be Legalized
I.
Introduction
A.
Based on a Connecticut survey of 4,097 high school students, about 40 percent
of them have tried and/or regularly smoke marijuana....
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David Cleveland
Willis-7th
Hour
English II-Honors
February 27, 2012
Marijuana should not be Legalized
I.
Introduction
A.
Based on a Connecticut survey of 4,097 high school students, about 40 percent
of them have tried and/or regularly smoke marijuana.
B.
The United States should not endorse nor glamorize marijuana in any shape,
form, or fashion.
II.
Marijuana is the most widely used illegal controlled substance in the whole entire
world.
A.
Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since the 1930s, however, an
estimated 40.
6 percent of the United States’ population has tried it at least
once.
B.
Marijuana comes from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa
C.
Marijuana is abused by smoking it like a cigarette, through a pipe, or in the
form of a blunt.
III.
Though many people are in favor of marijuana simply for medicinal uses,
scientific research, government agencies, and many other evidence
disproves it.
A.
In 1970, the U.
S controlled Substances Act named marijuana and i
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