Weed Revolution

We all know about the growing attention with the American public and even the government towards marijuana and its legalization. Two states have legalized its useĀ and several states have legalized its use for medical purposes, with many to follow. Before we know it, the U.S. will most likely legalize the drug for recreational use. According to Dr. Sanjay Gupta from Denver, Colorado we are in the mist of a medical marijuana revolution. He avidly researches and acclaims the benefits of marijuana for medical use and uses a lot of statistical evidence to persuade his audience on the drug’s popularity and effectiveness. He states that for the first time a majority of Americans, 53% favor its legalization and77% support its use for medical purposes. These facts help the audience realize that marijuana is increasing in popularity especially for the people that aren’t so sure about the drug yet. He also states that in 1969, only 12% of the nation favored its legalization. This shows the audience that support has grown dramatically and the drug must be doing some good if it is becoming so popular, especially with medical uses. His article is filled with rhetorical appeals especially ethos. He builds credibility of the drug by using a story of a girl who after started using medical marijuana went from 300 seizures a week, to just one or two. This example, shows the audience that the drug really does have medical benefits since this girls seizure’s decreased dramatically. Many states that you wouldn’t think would support marijuana are now starting to be persuaded by its usefulness. Georgia is even in the mist of passing the legalization for the medical use of marijuana in the state. His examples really lets the audience know the growing popularity and usefulness of the drug. The country is in a weed revolution and the supporters are gaining ground. Will the revolution end with Marijuana as the victor? We shall see.

3 thoughts on “Weed Revolution

  1. Laura Yohe

    Great post! It was a great analysis of the rhetorical appeals that is used in the article. The statistics that were presented were very interesting.

  2. Nick Rutkowski

    Nice post. It’s interesting to see how the popularity of the drug has increased so much since 1969. Also, good job recognizing the rhetorical appeals the author of the article used.

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