My philosophy paper isn't going well because it requires so much mental energy. Haha. It's due tomorrow so I'm probably gonna be up all night with Red Bull in my hand... constantly.
My english paper, however, is going well. It's due Thursday so Wednesday night I'm gonna be up all night with Red Bull in my hand... constantly. Again. Hah. It's supposed to be on freedom from something, or just an argument in general. We have to relate it to one or more of the four topics that were available: economy, freedom, education, democracy.
There's a student doing animal rights, others doing slavery, others doing the economic struggle our nation is going through....
.... I decided to do the legalization of (medical) marijuana... and how it'd help the economy. Is that a little far-fetched?
Here are my argumentative points:
cash crop, employment opportunities, support agriculture, clean out the overpopulated prison system with marijuana charges, decrease the amount of money the United States has put into drug/marijuana prevention, help the economy with money flow, statistics of alcohol/painkillers/other legally acceptable substances related accidents in comparison to marijuana related accidents, medical care would improve for those with severe illnesses, there's no drug tax...., and some others that I can't remember. Of the topics, I was going to relate it to freedom of choice and economy.
Any help for a thesis statement? I'm terrible with introduction and conclusion paragraphs. Also, any ideas on another topic I could choose? I thought about abortion, euthanasia, minimum wage and the working poor, death penalty, obesity, and other "hot topics". None of them are of great interest to me, but the marijuana thing is of incredible interest.
So... yeah. Is my topic an
or
? Would it be a good topic for argumentation?