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
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