Medical Cannabis in the United States Wikipedia Edit
A lot of the Wikipedia articles pertaining to my issue are protected articles meaning that I am unable to edit them, so I had to do some searching to find an article I was able to edit. After some searching,…
Cognitive Surplus and Marijuana
I thought the chapter on cognitive surplus was very interesting and informative. The main point I feel that the author is trying to make is that we are constantly looking for a way to stimulate our minds during the free…
Infographics: Visual Design
One of the provided infographics that really stood out to me was this one that illustrates who the highest paid public employee is in each state. The message it is trying to convey is that for a large majority of…
Healthy Eating and Drug Addiction
The first blog post I choose to read was about eating healthy and how government agencies don’t necessarily do a good job in conveying what we should be eating. This post conveys an opinionated voice that is against information that…
Beating Homelessness
While browsing the collection of audio logs on storycorps.com, one in particular caught my eye with the title “I can’t even begin to tell you the misery of rain.” In this story, George Hill recaps his life of being homeless…
Rhetorical Velocity: Marijuana Legalization Tweets
There are many great organizations out there that are doing an outstanding job spreading news about marijuana legalization on twitter. I have chosen to highlight a tweet from Pot4Prosperity. Pot4Prosperity is an advocacy group that is seeking to advocate for…
Getting Parents to Quit Smoking
This visual argument put out by the Healthcare Security Service states that smoking can indirectly harm your children as well as yourself. The audience of this ad is parents who are smokers. This ad creates pathos by using the fact…
Marijuana Legalization Progress Update
Initially I had planned on trying to cover both the medical and economic aspects of marijuana legalization. I wasn’t sure if this would be too broad and I should focus on only one of those sides of the issue. If…
NORML: The Public’s Voice for Marijuana Law Reform
If you’ve been paying attention to the news over the past couple years, you will probably have heard about all the new developments when it comes to legalizing marijuana. A drug once categorized as “having no medical benefit” and believed…
Medical Marijuana: Potential to Reduce Painkiller Abuse
The LA Times reported that a new study led by the University of Pennsylvania’s Dr. Marcus A. Bachhuber, published Monday in the journal JAMA International Medicine, has found that prescription opiate drug related deaths have fallen in 13 states after…
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