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Persuasive Speech On Legalizing Marijuana

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Marijuana Legalization So what is the one thing that the government can't tax? Today I am going to be talking about the plant, Cannabis. In this speech I will tell you about what it is, the goods and the bad’s, and on what I think about the legalization of this plant. Well cannabis is a plant with many different types and many more names. People have used the name like Mary-Jane, weed, green, do-bee, marijuana, and many others to keep cops from knowing what they are talking about. But in the legal markets, they have names for the plants that are higher in CBD (Cannabidoil) or higher in THC (Tetrahydrocannabinoil), these names are like blue berry yum yum, blue diesel, Charlottes Web, and thousands of more names. Dispensaries give you many …show more content…

With all of the advantages of the plant in cooking, medical uses, and cleaning, you can always find someway to use a natural plant that is found in the ground to your advantage. Also one reason that the government made it illegal is because you can’t put a tax on something that you can grow in your own home if you want. But since not everyone knows how to grow marijuana, they can go to the store and buy it where the government can tax the dispensary just like any other store. Since Denver made marijuana legal, the dispensaries have now taken more stores than Starbucks coffee. With these dispensaries, the government has made approximately $70 Million (Bindel,14). So the government gets a good amount of money for schools and other useful stuff that can help the state. Now the crime rate has dropped but people fear that the black market will increase significantly in drug dealers because people don't want to wait in line to pay more (Bindel, 13,14). But the fact is that there are millions of people that don’t go to jail because of a marijuana charge and that saves the government money while at the same time gets them even more money. Plus, I live with people who have died and people who I see regularly that have diseases like cancer, MS, and epilepsy, so I can see first hand on what happens to these people who really wish that they had energy or would be hungry and not get sick by the sight of food, or even be able to not have a seizure 100 times a day, even to be able to walk on their own. But living with these problems around me personally and seeing them first hand happen to people that I love and don’t want to see in pain. It’s like they are a new person when they have a hit or two from a pipe or a joint. They have energy to walk and eat and get out of bed and get some fresh air outside and smell the grass and feel the wind. Once you see your own grandma

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