1) A few months ago my dad was gifted two broken treadmills for our gym. The idea was that we could piece together one working treadmill from the two broken treadmills. The only problem was that none of us knew anything about treadmills. So after it sat in the garage collecting dust for several months, I decided to take it upon myself to attempt to piece together a treadmill out of this pile of random parts. After doing a little bit of reaserch I ended up finding a PDF of the user manual for the treadmills online. I then spent the next twelve hours working on the random pile of parts. Eventually through trial and error, I managed to build a perfectly working treadmill. I had learned everything about treadmills as a result of this, and that has allowed me to basically become the repair man at our gym. Which has saved us thousands in repair costs.
2) "Issues of evaluation are questions about whether something is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable, effective or ineffective, valuable or worthless" (The Call to Write, page 58) These are questions that we ask every day. Not about the physical effects of decisions but instead, the moral judgment that comes before, or with those decisions. There is no correct answer for these questions, but more of a personal judgement or decision for one side or the other.
3) Should marijuana be legalized? There are many different arguments for, and many arguments against the legalization, but I am personally for the legalization of marijuana. Some people are against it because they think that if it was legal, teen use would increase because much like alcohol, or tobacco, it would be much easier for teens to obtain it. But much like during the prohibition, it doesn't matter if it's illegal, there will always be people selling, and people buying marijuana. So even if it was illegal teens would still have access to it just as much as anybody else. They also say that it is addictive but there have been studies that show that marijuana is no more addictive than alcohol, nicotine, or even caffeine. All of these substances are in fact, legal. So why isn't marijuana? Everything can become addicting when abused, but when used in moderation, they are perfectly safe. That is why I am for the legalization of marijuana. Also if marijuana were to be legalized, then at least the state could regulate it. They would also be able to collect sales tax on it. The money generated from the sales tax could then be used to improve the public school system, or a number of other things. This is only a few of the reasons that I feel that legalizing marijuana would be extremely beneficial.
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I also agree with you on the legalization of marijuana. I have read countless stories involving people with disabilities, even children, who can benefit from the effects of cannabis. It can help with things like epilepsy, glaucoma, muscle spasms... The list goes on. I believe that the positives of marijuana legalization completely outweigh the negatives.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the stance that marijuana should be legal and taxed by the state to grow the economy. I think the reason that some people are still split on this decision would be timing and who will benefit the most from these revisions being passed. In Ohio, for instance, the act that would legalize marijuana would also essentially give Responsible Ohio a monopoly on the trade, which would cause more issues and not completely solve any. I think the solution would be for politicians to stop pushing the issue aside and to come up with an intuitive solution that benefits everyone the most.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think it should be legalized as well. It will help the economy and you're right people are gonna use it whether it is legal or not. So why not make it legal? It isn't all bad, there are medical reasons it could help.
ReplyDeleteI think you made a good point when you said that people will always be buying and selling marijuana. That really puts it into perspective that whether or not it is legal, people use the drug and will continue to use it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement, the drug will not go away anytime soon it is one used frequently by all different types of people and ages. Instead of making it illegal why doesn't the U.S make it something that could benefit our communities or schools?
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