Thesis Statement: Marijuana should be legalized in all states; it has proven medical benefits, economic benefits, and it is a comparatively safe drug. CONCESSION STATEMENT: Granted, people still are going to think drugs are bad or smoking marijuana will hurt your lungs. REBUTTAL (include in-text citation): Even though people will always think that drugs are bad, marijuana has a substantial amount of economic benefits. Just in the past years, when marijuana was legalize in many states for recreational and medical use, it has shown a great amount of profits (Krishna, 2017) If you just deny legalizing marijuana every when our county would be missing out greatly. CONSOLIDATION OF THE CLAIM: Mrinalini Krishna also states that, “In 2015, Colorado collected more than $135 million in taxes and fee on medical and recreational marijuana. Sales in the state totaled over $996 …show more content…
(2017, June 07). The Economic Benefits of Legalizing Weed. Retrieved from https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/110916/economic-benefits-legalizing-weed.asp REBUTTAL PARAGRAPH 2 Thesis Statement: Hiring more police patrols and security guards, installing video monitoring devices, and locking access doors will decrease violence in public schools CONCESSION STATEMENT: Admittedly, no matter how many precautions are put in place, violence will still happen in public schools. REBUTTAL(include in-text citation): If violence still prevails through every precaution, we should not just give up and say it doesn’t work. Installing video monitoring system still deters the offenders and makes them think twice before the act on their behalf. Elvia states that “security cameras installed in schools have had an unexpected benefit on slashing school bullying and playground violence. Surveillance cameras also dramatically cut the number of criminal acts, break-ins and vandalism in schools” (Elvia, 2018). Also if cameras don’t deter crime, it will make it so much easier to solve criminal