The article I used for my review is about the legalization of the marijuana plant for medicinal purposes. The author about the three articles is Dennis M. Yates. The author’s purpose is to explain how marijuana can help certain patients with aids or cancer find relaxation and ease of pain with the use of marijuana. The author approaches the subject as that of a researcher. I believe that the author is trying to discipline everyone as a whole trying to show them the pros and cons of the illegal drug. I believe the legalization of marijuana would become good for people who suffer from severe illnesses; because if they are going through a lot of pain so I think the legalization of marijuana will help certain people. I have taken that position based on some of the so-called “proven” studies Mr. Yates describes.
Yates explains many issues dealing with marijuana. First he explains how the uses can be helpful to some then he goes and talks about how some people support and oppose the policies of legalization and finally he describes the harsh penalties of people who have marijuana right now when it’s considered illegal.
The authors work is very informative, but the only complaint I have with it is he tries to convey people more into the legalization aspect, but, nonetheless, he does a good job stating the problems. The work the author did can give people who are against legalization a better background on the whole aspect and open new ideas to them, but I believe people who already know about the legalization of marijuana would find this article mediocre in content. This article has informed me very well about the drug marijuana and how it might h