Notes

Chuck Guerin
Mr.Edsile
5th hour

Audience: My 5th hour class
Purpose: To teach them why Marijuana should not be legal
Claims 1: Can cause Depression (Watson)
2. Trouble thinking and remembering things (Watson)
3. Causes faster heart rate (Watson)
Counterclaim : Others say it should be legal because it can help cure cancer or aids ( A.C.S.)
Thesis : Although people think marijuana should be legal, it shouldn’t because weed can cause depression, make it harder to think or remember things, and can cause a faster heart rate.
HOOK:Do you think Marijuana should be legal or not?
No it shouldn’t, its really bad and can hurt people or cause very bad things.
A. marijuana can cause depression (Watson)
B. Memory loss or hard time thinking. (Watson)
C. Cause you heart rate to beat faster (Watson)
D. Smoking marijuana makes you fat (Wroe)
E. Some people think that marijuana is good and should be legal.
Thesis: Although people think marijuana should be legal, it shouldn’t because weed can cause depression, make it harder to think or remember things, and can cause a faster heart rate.
II. Topic Sentence (First Claim):smoking marijuana can cause depression (Watson).
A. Marijuana can increase depression or a disorder in a person (N.I)
B. young women tend to show more depression when they start to smoke marijuana (Wroe)
C. "This is the best evidence yet that ... cannabis is bad for your mental health and does cause higher rates of depression and anxiety problems," Professor Patton said
D. Until 2003, it has not been proven that marijuana actually caused depression (Wroe)
E. It was thought that depressed people would turn to marijuana to help their condition, but really it was making it worse (Wroe)
Concluding Sentence: Therefore, smoking marijuana causes depression in a person who smokes on a normal basis.
III. Topic Sentence (Second Claim): Marijuana can also cause of memory lost or trouble thinking.
A. scientists made people who do the drug and people who don't take a test and the people who did the drug and took the test had a very low hq score on the test (N.I)
B. A test ran with rats showed that heavy smokers lose a few amount of brain cells and nerve cells (N.I)
C. If you start Smoking at a young age you can develop a change with you brain or brain structure (Weir)
D. A young teen who smoked for a while became more clumsy and forget to do things (Weir)
E. smoking marijuana can also cause you to alter your brain and change a lot, to pleasure to memory (Weir)
Concluding Sentence : Smoking marijuana can cause memory loss, trouble thinking, or even alter many things in your brain.
Topic Sentence (Third Claim):Causes faster heart rate.
Marijuana can weaken your heart muscles (Malick)
B. It increases the risk heart attacks (Malick)
C. People were interviewed and they said they have had more heart attacks after they started smoking (Malick)
D. Causes heart rates to jump up instantly and last for hours. (Legg)
E. Can make it feel like it's hard to breathe and focus
Concluding Sentence: Marijuana makes you have many heart problems and more.
Topic Sentence (CounterClaim):Others say it should be legal because it can help cure cancer or other Diseases
This drug can help with puking (A.C.S)
B. It can also help with being dizzy (A.C.S)
C. Smoking marijuana can help with pain (A.C.S)
D. Helped food intake with people with hivs (A.C.S)
E. Helps people not focus on the pain there getting, so they can stay happy (A.C.S)
Concluding Sentence: Although marijuana can be a bad thing, it can actually help people with these kinds of diseases.
Conclusion (Restate Thesis): Even Though marijuana can be a good thing it's also a bad thing causing Depression, Heart problems, And brain problems.
Marijuana causes depression.
B. It can cause many brain or memory problems.
C. Also causes many heart problems.
D. Marijuana can help with cancer or hiv.
E. To conclude, Marijuana can be a helpful good thing, but overall marijuana is a problem in the world right now.