Many of my colleagues will disagree, but I believe that the time is right to legalize marijuana. Yes, this is a hot-button issue; however, there are good reasons why the growing and selling of marijuana should no longer be a criminal offense in the United States.
First, the federal government needs money. A lot of money! The federal deficit is now running into the trillions. Where is the tax money going to come from to pay off this massive debt? Marijuana. According to Business Week Magazine, “if the cost of retailing and distributing marijuana is the same for cigarettes, then the taxes from marijuana would be approximately $40 to $100 billion per year.” As you can see, marijuana would be an excellent source of tax revenue to help pay off the national debt.
A new source of tax revenue is not the only benefit of legalizing marijuana. Once marijuana is legalized, the crime rate will dramatically drop. By reducing marijuana related-crimes, state and national police agencies, for example, will be able to focus their limited resources on other crimes such as border security and terrorism. Let’s face it, the so-called “War on Drugs” has been a dismal failure. Isn’t it time to wake up to the fact that marijuana is here to stay?
Finally, there is the issue of choice. If I have the right to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, why shouldn’t I have the right to smoke marijuana? The Constitution clearly states that every American has the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” According to the Constitution, I have the right to enjoy marijuana just like many enjoy alcohol and tobacco. And if marijuana kills me, just like alcohol and tobacco kill millions every year, that is my right and my choice too. By legalizing marijuana, this double standard will end.
The reading and lecture are both about the legalizing of marijuana drugs. The author of the reading passage feels that the country would be beneficial in several aspects by doing so. The lecturer challenges a claim made by the author. She states although it is a raising issue, it is an ugly head.
First and foremost, the reading passage contends that it would be a great source of revenue to the country--taxes would be $40-$100 in approx. On the other hand, the lecturer rebuts it saying that raising $100 would be big for the state, but not to the nation, and accordingly, there would not be a drop-in debt. Similarly, she argues that the same tax rising on gasoline; that is 50 cents per gallon could cause a rise in money.
Furthermore, the article says that the process of legalizing would reduce the crime rate. She elaborates it by saying that the limited resources can be employed at the border issues and terrorism. The speaker refutes by discussing that curtailing of violence would shift from one region to another. For instance, when there is free marijuana in someplace, then they can transfer it to the other site. As a result of the shifting of marijuana where there is a band that would increase illegal activities.
Finally, the writer posits that the use of marijuana--like alcohol and smoke should be free and placed in liberty as mentioned in the constitution about the way of living life. On the contrary, the professor opposes it pointing out that there were a large number of addict people initially in the United States. According to her,' getting off freedom to the people about eating marijuana is just like throwing of gasoline into the fire."
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 184, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...eficial in several aspects by doing so. The lecturer challenges a claim made by the...
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Line 3, column 401, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “As” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...they can transfer it to the other site. As a result of the shifting of marijuana w...
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Line 4, column 248, Rule ID: LARGE_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, or simply use 'many' or 'numerous'
Suggestion: many; numerous
...opposes it pointing out that there were a large number of addict people initially in the United S...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, but, finally, first, furthermore, if, similarly, so, then, for instance, as a result, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 5.04856512141 238% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 30.3222958057 139% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1387.0 1373.03311258 101% => OK
No of words: 289.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 4.79930795848 5.08290768461 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12310562562 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63653288613 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 163.0 145.348785872 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.56401384083 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 434.7 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 33.8648293465 49.2860985944 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.4666666667 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.2666666667 21.698381199 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.86666666667 7.06452816374 126% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.118233648783 0.272083759551 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0392739262772 0.0996497079465 39% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0324992076171 0.0662205650399 49% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0699204672074 0.162205337803 43% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0189646819831 0.0443174109184 43% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 13.3589403974 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.56 12.2367328918 86% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.35 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 69.0 63.6247240618 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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