http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1889166,00.html
Klein, Joe. "Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense." TIME. 2 April 2009. TIME, 16 April 2009. Web. 13 Oct. 2011.
This article was written about the legalization of marijuana and its benefits to society. Klein starts out the article with a mention to the generation of baby-boomers and a proposal he made for America: "Give us drugs; after a certain age - say 80 - and we will give you our driver's licenses." Although he starts the article with humor it gets serious quite quickly. Klein talks about the reality of drug laws and how murmurs have started about their irrationality and how some states have already begun to change them; the reisistance from the President and Congress as well; and he also provides an example of a marijuana stimulus package. Klein focuses mainly on the positive side of legalizing marijuana, but does give mention to the other side's view. Still, Klein manages to turn that into a positive focus on marijuana's legalization.
The authors intent was to 1) inform people about the debate and 2) to support marijuana's legalization. Klein's intended audience would be fellow supporters of legalization or those whose opinions he wishes to influence.
Obviously this article was very biased. It clearly stayed on the side of legalization, rather than modification or no change. However, I believe it could still be used effectively in a research paper. There is always information needed from both sides of the argument and this is a prime example of the 'pro-legalization' stance.
This article is a very versatile resource. It was well written and combined personal opinion, fact, and inference very cohesively. Just about anyone interested in the topic could utilize the information in this article.
this is a huuugeee issue and you can probably find a lot of views on the whole situtation. do you have a stance on the issue? or are you indiffrernt? well its good that the author talked about both sides of the issue and still remained pro-legalization throughout the whole article. well good luck with your focus topic!
ReplyDeleteIt is a huge issue and totally controversial. I mean, the entire country is in on it and I know for a fact that there's tons of info out there from both angles. I do have a stance on the topic - I agree with the author. There are many benefits to the legalization of marijuana in my opinion. And if teenagers can see these benefits...politicians should be able to as well.
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