Persuasive Speech Legalizing Marijuana

Speech on Marijuana

Marijuana has many different names on the street and over the counter such as, grass, dope, hay, broccoli, the sticky icky, Mary Jane, the devil's lettuce. Marijuana is illegal in most of the United States and the benefits are very obvious; why is it still illegal? In many professional opinions marijuana should be legalized for all states and all uses.

Why is marijuana illegal in the first place? One of the reasons why it is illegal is due to the racist government officials that hated Mexicans. Many Mexicans used marijuana, so in order to get rid of them they made it illegal. In addition, Harry J. Anslinger wanted to improve his career and made it his mission to make marijuana illegal with lies.”You smoke a joint and

California was the first state to make marijuana illegal in 1913 with the poison act amendments that outlawed the possession of extracts in the form of oil known as “tinctures” or other narcotic preparations of hemp or locoweed, their preparations or compounds except for corn (blisters on toes/feet) remedies that were used by doctors for medical reasons. The Washington Times states “The marijuana cigarette is one of the most insidious of all forms of dope, largely because of the failure of the public to understand its fatal qualities. The nation is almost defenseless against it, having no federal laws to cope with it and virtually no organized campaign for combating it. The result is tragic. School children are the prey of peddlers who infest school neighborhoods. High School boys and girls buy the destructive weed without knowledge of its capacity of harm, and conscienceless dealers sell it with impunity. This is a national problem and it must have national attention. The fatal marijuana cigarette must be recognized as a deadly drug and American children must be protected against it.” and on the basis of that lie on 8/2/1937

This is known worldwide. What isn’t known is that we cut down three to six billion trees a year FOR PAPER ALONE. Not known worldwide is that one acre of hemp plants can make the same amount of paper as 4-10 acres of normal trees. Hemp only takes 4 months to mature and trees take 20-80 years. According to the New York Times “Some industry sources estimate that an ordinary sheet of paper made from cellulose fibers derived from wood can survive only four to six trips through the recycling process.” Normal paper can only be recycled 4-6 times The Walkingtimes states “After the 3 recycles of paper, it is then generally disposed of, and the chemicals, though the amounts may be small, are still put into the earth.” But with hemp paper “After the recycling processes it can safely be disposed of