Informative Speech Outline On Medical Marijuana

Mekdlawit Demissie
IGED 130-06 Informative Speech Outline
Topic: Marijuana
Speech Goal: To inform the audience about the long and short term effects of marijuana usage.
Central Idea: Marijuana is the most commonly used drug amongst young people in the United States.
Introduction:
I. Attention getter: Have you ever smoked marijuana or do you know anyone who does?
A. Many people smoke marijuana for the short term pleasure without knowing the long term impact on them.
II. Reason to listen:
A. The majority of the audience is young and is exposed the marijuana culture whether through media or real life experience.
B. As a young person with exposure to many media influences I have to be careful

People smoke marijuana in water pipes, bongs, hand rolled cigarettes or even mix it with food which are called edibles.
1. THC is an extract from marijuana which is dangerous for people.
a) THC acts on specific brain cells which makes the person hallucinate and have abnormal brain behavior and function.
2. THC over activates the brain receptors causing the “high” feeling people get and giving them altered senses.
b) When receptors are over activated people will have altered senses, change of mood, wrong time sense and delusion.
II. Short term effects give people pleasure but long term effects are more dangerous.
1. When marijuana is used starting from early age it affects the brain development and its function.
a) Use of the drug impairs memory, thinking and learning process by affecting connection between the neurons of the brain necessary for these functions.
III. Marijuana use could also have a physical effect on the person.
1. People who smoke marijuana develop breathing problems over time.
a) The smoke from Marijuana irritates the lung and causes breathing problems as tobacco does to people who smoke cigars.
b) Women smokers might encounter complications with child development during and after