http://www.balancedpolitics.org/marijuana_legalization.htm
Messerli, Joe. "Should Marijuana be Legalized under any Circumstances?" BalancedPolitics.org. 6 Aug. 2011. Web. 24 Oct. 2011.
This wasn't an article per say, but it covered a lot of good points on both sides - it dealt with the possible reasons for legalization and the reasons against it. Although there are more "Yes" reasons covered than "No" reasons, it stays very neutral. Some examples of each would be: for the 'yes' arguments - it could be a source of additional tax revenues and the FDA or others could regulate the quality and safety of drugs; and for the 'no' arguments - marijuana is often used as a stepping stone drug (lead to harder drugs like heroin or cocaine) and stoned driving and other dangers would be increased.
Messerli's intent was to inform people about the pros and cons of the ongoing debate about the legalization of marijuana. Swaying them to one side or the other was not at all the case, unlike my previous articles. His intended audience would be anyone who wants to know more about the drug or the debate, or possibly someone who isn't sure where they stand and wanted more information.
There was no bias, it was strictly informative. There were possibilities of fallacies, but Messerli did a good job of wording so those fallacies were avoided.
This would be a pretty good resource for my paper, since it has views from both sides WITHOUT bias toward either one. However, because there were only eight reasons for not legalizing marijuana (as opposed to twelve for legalization), I might decide to do more research on that to even it all out so I can be totally objective.
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