Position paper presentations

During the presentations i thought that the presentation on human trafficking was very interesting. I didn't know that it was still such a large problem. I also was very surprised when the presenter stated that wal-mart uses human trafficking and thats how they keep their prices so low. This really made me think that the world is still involved in some older crimes that can be much worse than any other modern day crimes committed today. It make me feel that wal-mart is not such a helpful company and makes me think of the victims of human trafficking every time i think of wal-mart.

Medical Marijuana Legalization Lowers Teen Use.

I am researching the legalization of marijuana for medical use. I feel it is a very contriversial topic and is also very current. At first I thought that the legalization of marijuana would be very bad making it to easy for people who really dont need it and for teen to get the drug. I recently read an artical that stated the 8 out of the 10 states that had legalized marijuana by 2006 saw a decrease of teen use in mariuana from 1999 to 2006. At first I was suprised and thought it would be the opposite but then i realized that once something becomes more availible it stops to become something special that they shouldn't have and that most people don't have, but once anyone can get it then they realize that it is accualy really bad for them and they will stop using it. I thought this was very interesting and really made me think.

Link to artical: http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=000091

PLN 4

I read an article from my Google reader(http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_14306140?source=rss) about CSU hiring a vice president that is trying to increase the diversity of the university. I think that this is good because a lot of students go to college only knowing the diversity that lived in the area where they were school as a youth. I think that it has the potential for people to get more experience with different types of people and how they live and work. If anything it is a chance to meet other people and experience different types of cultures.