Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Zach Martin
Gloria Creed-Dikeogu
RESEARCH-TECHNIQUES-&-TECHNOLOGY-LAS-13525
October 20, 2015
Evaluation of Sources
1. Gerber, Rudolph J. Legalizing Marijuana: Drug Policy Reform and Prohibition Politics.
Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2004. Print.
The primary audience for this book is someone interested in this particular
political matter and how it is effecting people in congress and other people in the
political world. This book meets the expectations for this particular audience
because it discusses the history of the drug, the previous laws there have been
against marijuana. Also it discusses congress as a whole and how they are dealing
with this. This source does fit my particular needs as a researcher because it
discusses some of the major topics I would need to cover in my article such as
previous laws against marijuana and the laws that are foreseen in the future for
this drug.
This book applies to my research project because it gives a detailed history of
marijuana and how it has affected people in the past. It describes exactly what
marijuana is and gives a brief description of how in the past they sold marijuana
(such as, in motas which are marijuana cigarettes). The reason I would choose
to use this source in my research project is as an introduction paragraph or in one
of my first couple of paragraphs just so that I could give you a brief history of
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book and all of his statements are straight forward to the point and you know
exactly what he means, there is no hesitation. One example of a supported claim
is on page 1 and he talks about Jacki Rickert and how she was using marijuana
and the police raided her house but all the information he got for another source
is quoted and at the end he uses a citation to show exactly where he got it.
Another example to show that he doesnt display any bias is on page 2 when he
discusses what marijuana is and what it does to you. He doesnt take a stand he is
this book.
This source is not up-to-date it was published in 2000. For this particular source
the age of it does not really hinder the information because it is giving a history
knows what people in congress are thinking and their points of view.
The publication of this article does not have a major impact on this area of
research.
This source has not had a major impact on other scholars. It had a lot of
information throughout it that was cited so it wasnt that original. It has not been
cited that often. The reviews were unbiased they believed it did a good job of
giving the history of marijuana and its implications on society.
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I imagine this source will have little to no impact on the future considering it was
marijuana.
The content of this source applies to my project because it discusses the process
of legalizing marijuana and how Obama didnt really condone it but the states can
giving straight facts and information from congress about this topic.
There are no notes. The works cited tells me that this information that is quoted or
used from other sources are all credible and have reliable information.
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The source is very up-to-date the information only goes as far back as 2014 so it
is very relevant which makes it easier for me to use in my essay because all the
information is current.
The author is not displayed at any point to which I can see. But it by the
Congressional Digest so I imagine that whoever did write this article is very
knowledgeable on the subject and how congress has impacted the legalization of
marijuana.
The publication played a major role in this article because it is the Congressional
Digest so people of important figures have definitely read through this because
and how states are doing it even without support from president.
3. Roffman, Roger A. "Legalization of Marijuana: Unraveling Quandaries for the Addiction
Professional." <i>Front Psychiatry</i> (2013): n. pag. 31 May 2013. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.
The audience for this article is citizens who are wondering about the
legalization of marijuana. This article meets the expectations for this
audience because it discusses the history of how it is becoming legal and
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what countries it is becoming legal in. As a researcher this source does fit
my particular needs because it talks about where marijuana is becoming
legalization of marijuana.
I do not detect any bias, unsupported claims, dubious support, or faulty
reasoning. All of the claims in this article are backed up with citations and
information that is supported. He discusses how congress needs to go
had.
The publication doesnt play that major of a role in this article other than
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I imagine that this article will have some implications on the future.
Considering it was written 2 years ago and necessarily hasnt had an
impact on us but some of the things it discusses in the article (ways to
how people are being affected now that it is being legalized in some states.
The content of this source applies to my project because it gives me the
knowledge I need to be able to tell you what states had to go through to legalize
marijuana and how they are now being effected. Such as, the states having to go
through lawyers and figure out exactly how they can legally sell marijuana so that
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marijuana should be legalized but then he goes on to talk about how difficult it is
article. The bibliography tells me that the author is an authority on the subject.
The source is up-to-date. Since it was written only a year ago all the information
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it just discusses numbers and I dont really need to know how much of the
a bibliography.
The source is up-to-date being that it was released in 2013. So all of the
information used is pretty current. So it could still be used rather than an article
no bibliography.
The publisher of this article does play a role in its credibility because it is not
necessarily a scholarly website so I do not know if all of this information is
viable.
This source has had little to no impact on other articles. I do not believe that it has
once been cited. Although since none of the information is cited I do believe most
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marijuana to be legalized although that is probably the only thing so I most likely
would not use this.