Central Idea: Show that the decriminalization of marijuana is in our nations best interest; it is a valuable medicine with mild side effects like all medicine.

I am going to ask everyone to close your eyes for just a brief moment. Which of your five senses do you consider most important, or which would you choose to keep if you could choose one that could not be taken from you. Your sense of hearing, your sense of touch, your sense of smell, your sense of taste…or your sense of sight. I am sure that many of you would choose your sense of sight. Now you can open your eyes, but imagine all that you can see is that same darkness, and all that you will ever be able to see for the rest of your life is that same darkness. You will never get to see the faces of your friends or family again, no more rainbows, no more sunsets, just that same old mystifying darkness until the day you die. This happens to many Americans every year due to a certain condition. Imagine that you were one of those people and somebody told you about an herb that could slow and sometimes stop this condit

I. One of the main arguments stopping the decriminalization of marijuana is that it is believed to be a gateway drug.

So in conclusion, if a person’s doctor believes marijuana will help them, and they are not opposed to taking it themselves, a patient should not be denied the potential benefit of cannabis or any of its derivatives. Cannabis Indica, Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Americana, Indian hemp, marijuana, and pot all refer to the same plant. Cannabis is used throughout the world for many diverse purposes and has a long history characterized by usefulness, euphoria, or evil- depending on ones point of view. To the agriculturalist, is a fiber crop; to the physician of a century ago, a valuable medicine; to today’s physician, an enigma; to the user, a euphoriant; to the police, a menace; to the traffickers, a source of profitable danger; and to the convict or parolee and their families, a source of sorrow. Keeping marijuana illegal has proved time and again to do more harm than good and it is time to change. So I urge you to take action and ask your legislature to take the first step by introducing a medical marijuana bill.

1) That is the highest rating a drug can get, so it is considered a hard drug like heroin or crack.

1) It relieves nausea an increases the appetite, it reduces muscle spasms, and relieves chronic pains; it also reduces intraocular pressure (pressure w/in the eye).

A. They examined the effects of criminal penalties on marijuana use and the students’ attitudes towards marijuana from 1975-1980. They researched the that usage rates among high school seniors in the decriminalized states compared to the rates in the rest of the states where the criminal penalties remained in effect, the results from this research prove that decriminalization of marijuana has had no effect on either the marijuana usage or the attitudes and beliefs about marijuana use among the American young people.

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