Speech 2

Final speech:

Argument: too many people incarcerated in jail with marijuana charges

Slide 1:

Title slide

Slide 2:

Introduce problem

Slide 3:

Introduce facts about the problem: 

• From 2001-2010 88% of 8.2 million arrests were for just having marijuana 
• Racist trend: black people are nearly 4 times as likely to be arrested than white people while making up a smaller portion of the country
• Approx 3.6 billion spent on prisoners busted on marijuana charges

Slide 4: solution 

Legalize marijuana recreationally

Slide 5:

How legalizing fixes the problem:

• It is legal in some states already 
• Send lots of people back home to their families
• Spend taxpayer money on other important programs

Slide 6:Other benefits: Medical

•  helps with things like pain and seizures and safer than opioids/tobacco/alcohol

Slide 7: other benefits: safety

• Decrease in death through violence at border and gangs
• Safer product

Slide 8: Economy boost

• Help earn more taxpayer money and create jobs