"Cannabis Speech" This is a speech against the legalisation of cannabis.

You don't really seem to know what your talking about. There isnt too much fact in here, just generalizations and false conclusions. Heres a fact: Studies show that those who use pot regularly for a long period of time acually score higher in intelligence than those who dont. Also, losing motivation because of weed is a myth. People who smoke weed are just as happy as those who don't.In the long run, alcohal and tabaco are way worse.

Your essay is ok, but its lacking reference and fact. Obviously, due to the last paragraph in the essay - you have never taken cannabis before - as your depiction of what happens when a person is stoned is completely inaccurate. I can tell you this from experience, a lot of it.


But to your essay...


Firstly, why would the British Health Service Collapse? Cannabis has been in recreational use for over 10,000 years (being a natural plant and all) - just because it is illegal doesn't mean that a lot of people don't take it. It is not difficult to get a hold of, most people - especially young people today - will be around the drug at some point in their life. I don't know any statistics off the top of my head, but I know that the number of people in Britain who take cannabis reguarly is very very high. I don't see the NHS collapsing from cannabis induced psychosis , and people have been taking it regularly since long before the 40s.


Alcohol is a drug, it is dangerous in excess as well, everything is.


The reason that a spliff is more damaging to a person's lungs is because at the moment, because cannabis is illegal, it is smoked without a filter, not because the drug is more dangerous when mixed with tobacco.


You also seem to assume that it can only be smoked, it can also be eaten, a method which does not destroy a person's lungs.


You also say that it is not 'supposed to be there'. Who gave you the right to decide that? It is a plant, it grows naturally, it should be a person's own choice whether or not they consume it, like any other plant. Other plants, or natural products that we consume merely as part of our diet are harmful to us as well, not any less or more so than cannabis, yet it is alright to consume them.


It is a mind-altering drug, alcohol is mind-altering, yet it is legal. Tobacco on the other hand is not mind-altering, merely highly dangerous to a person's health and also highly addictive. I feel that if you are using the 'gateway' argument you must consider that it is probable that every person who has tried cannabis has previously tried both tobacco and alcohol. So what then? Make everything illegal? You say that dealers will try and get a person to try other harder drugs if they buy cannabis from them. Is that then, not an argument for its legalisation? If it was legalised it could be regulated. There seems to be no problem of selling of cannabis without a licence in Holland, purely because the cannabis there is purer, and does not have pieces of plastic and other such things cut into it. People in Holland are prepared to pay the full price for it because it is cleaner and stronger.


People will take cannabis whether it is legal or not. Fact. By legalising it the government could control the intake and affects of it and it could also be used for medicinal purposes for those who need it.


Do we really want a drug lifestyle in the UK? well, that really is debatable. I say yes. There is one point that you seem to be forgetting. This point is obvious to me after reading the last paragraph of your essay - people take it for a reason. Drugs are fun. Just like getting drunk is fun. Getting really really stoned with friends is fun as well.


And no, people do not NEED it to have fun, but that doesn't mean that you won't have fun taking it. And on the contrary to your belief, I believe that drugs OPEN a person's mind to perspectives that they would never experience in a sober state.


Why should it be wrong. There may be certain (minor) risks associated with cannabis and other (larger) ones with other drugs - such as ecstacy mentioned in your essay, but if people are given all the information, know the risks, know the impact it might have on their health, but choose to do it anyway, surely it should be their own PERSONAL choice?


I think so anyway. I think it's worth it.

Where did you get the info on Holland? Inserting that into the speech would make it more accurate, or not? Even if I hear a speech I want to know the person talking has gotten the info from a reliable source.


Other than that good work though, definitely useful for anybody writing and essay on marijuana legalization.