Don't read this. Kthnx

This is a blog to a) rant about being excited b) not lose these points.
I have awesome points for my expository, and I'm pumped [: ((that was the ranting))

Opening -- blahblahblah

1st point
con- Marijuana causes -- cancer, side effects, amount of carcinogens
pro- counter - show sites that say it can't cause cancer, medical uses (insomnia, anorexia, nausea)

2nd point
pro- Better than alcohol - deaths from alcohol, abuse related incidents. . . blahblah
con- worse then cigs - one joint = 20 cigs? 23847 sites that say so.

3rd point
con- gateway drug!- leads to heavier use. makes it easier for people to buy//use
pro- no proven connection between marijuana and using harder drugs.



shabamshabam. I have them written down, but I didn't want to lose the card I have them on. This way they're on the internet and I CAN'T lose them [:

Ranting. Part 78.

So whilst doing homework at one Jpizzles house, I was complaining about how many of the pro-marijuana sites I had found were very . . . . illegitimate. He then went on to make the joke that they were all high when they wrote them, ((cleaver I know.)) or it was just an illegitimate argument to begin with.
I got mildly defensive and started with a counter argument when it hit me. . . Maybe I am too polarized to one side, at this point there really isn't any chance of going back, but I'm a little concerned about remaining neutral when it comes time for the persuasive paper.
Thus why I've been researching the con side of the argument so much, trying to see and understand the side I disagree with, but in turn I have a lot more anit-marijuana sites then I do pro, all of which I disagree with for one reason or another.

So now I need to gather more sources FOR the legalization of marijuana. . . But I don't want to re-acquaint myself with the ideas I believed in in the begging. Ugh. Struggle much?

Shamalamadingdong

So I've outlined my paper and I'm actually pretty excited about it. I think I can present both sides of the argument well, there is enough contradicting points out there to make for an easy paper, since all I have to do is present all those points and / or contradictions. Sweet action.

I am a little unsure about how I want to format this though, should I do all the pro information first? And then afterward list the anti side?

OR

Should I give a point for it, then show the same, but contradicting point? Hmmm. Decisions decisions. I'll mess with it in drafts and see what I like better.

Legit(?)

semi-legitimate sites are proving difficult.
A lot of the pro-marijuana sites seem to be written by forty year old pot heads who live in their basement. I have found a lot of good ones, but there are a lot more illegitimate pro-marijuana sites then there are anti sites.

Examples :

http://www.marijuana.com/first-time-visit/

http://www.marijuana-info.org/

http://www.rollitup.org/ ((roll it up . org. . . . . seriously?))


granted, I am finding suckish anti marijuana sites as well. But more illegit sites seem to be for. Somehow I'm not surprised.

I'm almost done researching anyways. I need to find a non-internet site, but other then that I'm just tying up loose researching ends.

Meh.

So today I spent quite a bit of time getting lists together. I have a list of Pro-marijuana legalization sites, a list of Con-marijuana legalization sites, a list of both (pro and con)- marijuana legalization sites, and a list of factual-marijuana sites.

I'm still having a hard time getting a straight answer on any of the facts. There are credible websites that make good points and are well backed up for both the pro and con ideas of the legalization, which makes me a very un-happy camper.

I'm going to try to get a page or two of the paper written tonight, but I need to get facts straight first. . . .

Ranting. Don't read this.

I'm blogging again. So I was looking up anti-pot ads trying to convince myself of the other side, and well, I failed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFAN3wdlrJg I found this, which I've seen before but never really thought about. 'You're not the same when you smoke' . . . . duh? You're not the same when you're drunk, you're not the same when you are with your boyfriend, you're not the same when you have a huge english paper due..... is it just me or are people different all the time?

Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM_vLk1I6G4 . . . . ha.. . . .

Someone fight me on this. I need to be wrong.

CANCER . . . . . . or not. . . . . Rantblog.

I'm frustrated.
Frustrated that I've found so many legitimate sites that say marijuana can cause cancer. Frustrated that there are the same number of legitimate sites saying exactly the opposite. Frustrated every site has a counter, and they all make sense. And Frustrated I can't remember what vocab word means using the same word at the begging of a sentence.

I guess this can be good since I have to give both sides of the argument, but it also makes it REALLY FRICKIN HARD to make a well supported stance. My favorite argument is still the comparison between alcohol and marijuana, as in they are both bad, (( I think alcohol is worse. . . )) and so if one is legal, the other should be too. But I need better statistics on it. Blah. can't we all just get along?

Also, just out of sheer curiosity, what do people in the class think of this issue? Comment? I like opinions.



NO CANCER --> http://tinyurl.com/nsd2k (Washington Post, 2006) http://tinyurl.com/lddx3p (Alter.net, 2009)

CANCER --> http://tinyurl.com/yq792 (Missouri Department of Mental Health, 1984) http://tinyurl.com/nozx5k (Fox, 2009)