Marijuana LegalizationBy: Mike Mulhearn

Objective

To inform the public of the positive effects of marijuana legalization

To persuade the public that marijuana should be legalized

Use the skills I learned in basics of computing to build a website, along with various other publications, on a passionate topic of mine; the legalization of marijuana

Problems Encountered Adding music to the main webpage Lining up the button links of the main page Making the background the right size on the

main page Much information was skewed by sites made by

the DEA and other various anti-drug organizations

Felt like my procrastination led to less originality on my site, although I am pleased in how it turned out

Finding a relevant java applet

Key Points Learned There are many statistics floating around out

there that are skewed or just completely inaccurate

As a solution, I went to government websites and compiled my own statistics from organization such as US DOJ, DEA, etc.

Legalization of marijuana would produce about at least $35 billion in revenue, including the $16 billion spent on the criminalization of offenders

Becoming more comfortable working with sharepoint designer

Contents My proposal My powerpoint Chart of number of felony court

convictions in 2007 Spreadsheet of the drug arrests

over the years Background music on the main

page Facts page on marijuana Java applet that corresponds to

mouse movement A custom background by myself Links to various marijuana-

related items

Click on the leaf to go to my site!