Quote Originally Posted by Lightitup44
I am doing my junior paper on the war on drugs and our country spends way more than $12 billion a year. Most of this is spent in stopping the supply and spread to our country. These methods only stop a small percent of these drugs and are ineffective compared to rehabillitation and education on drugs. The government is wasting tons of money in futile efforts. Definately talk about their waste of money.

-peace
Would you happen to have the research where you got the information about the country spending way more than $12 billion?
davidmtml Reviewed by davidmtml on . Speech on Legalizing Marijuana For my public speaking class in college, I have to give a 6-8 minute persuasive speech, and I have decided to do mine on legalizing marijuana. I need to have three main topics in the speech. So far I'm thinking on using 1. The cost of the war on drugs (I've heard $12 billion) 2. A few of the common myths about marijuana. 3. ? Any ideas on other main topics? Maybe I shouldn't even use the ones I have. Also, what order do you think I should do these in? I'm also looking for some good Rating: 5