Marijuana Legalization Speech

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Marijuana legalization speech GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform.

SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience about some views on legalizing Marijuana.

CENTRAL IDEA: To inform my audience about some arguments against and for, legalizing pot.

INTRODUCTION: Why should be marijuana be legalized? Or actually a better question is why should marijuana be illegal? For a long time now legalizing marijuana has been a controversial topic. Especially when it comes down to marijuana and college students. So I am going to give you a few arguments for and against marijuana legalization with some opinions from a college student?s perspective.

BODY: 1. Why should marijuana be illegal? Because when you think about there is no real reason for it to be illegal.

I. Individuals have the right to make their own decisions, and the law can only Step in to prevent this if these actions endanger an individual. Well this idea does Does not really hold up considering marijuana is far less dangerous than legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco.

We have all heard about drunk driving and how many people die every year from this. Well look at the flip side of this, have you ever heard on the news about seven people getting killed in a car accident by a enraged high driver who had been on a marijuana binge the night before.

A. Considering the health risks of alcohol and tobacco are higher why don?t we put a ban on these items. According to Dr. Lloyd Johnston, the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research program director, "The perception of risks in smoking marijuana is eroding. They don't see it as dangerous". A lot of college students have the same views on this idea.

B. A national survey conducted found that the largest number college freshman since the 1960?s favor...