Annotated Bibliography for Effects of State Medical Marijuana Laws On Adolescent Marijuana Use

In the article "Effects of State Medical Marijuana Laws On Adolescent Marijuana Use," landsman and el al  illustrate that there are no measure effects in the usage of marijuana by young age in terms of medical marijuana laws. The article begins with the Marijuana history in the united states. Then, the article shows that medical marijuana laws may let marijuana less expensive and easy to get by the adolescents . The articles continues with a description of method, data ,variables about the effects of medical marijuana law associate with the young age marijuana use. After that , the result has revealed the impact of MMLs on the common and frequent the use of the marijuana used by teenagers . Following this, the result has discussed by the authors. The articles concludes with a suggestion to conduct more studies on the effects of medical marijuana on adolescents marijuana use is necessary.

The articles can be trusted and used in an essay for a number of reasons . First of all, the research made by authors who are faculties in  the University of Florida ,and they posted their email, so we can contact them if we have further questions. Secondly, the topic published on 2013 and it had  data which are not obsolete so it can be used . Also, the topic is current issue and it witnessed both advocates and detractors sides. Furthermore, there are reverences, so we can check them. In addition, the article published by American Public Health Association ,which is one of the top hundred effective journalist, "over the last 100 years "; thus, it can be trusted. Finally, the article main point is to inform the reader with facts about the influence of Medical Marijuana Laws on teens marijuana use.

This article has beneficial information to use in my current essay. First, I will use some of the history of marijuana  as a background in the essay. Then, I will use the result of the research to support my idea about medical marijuana . There is an information on paragraph six on the first and second line I found It helpful to make a contract argument in the fourth body in my essay. Finally, I will use the national survey on drug use and health information which is in paragraph seven in the article as a support for the previous claim.

landsman.L.el al. (2013,August). Effects of State Medical Marijuana Laws On Adolescent Marijuana Use. American Journal of Public Health,vol 103, No.8. Retrieved March 7,2017.

American Journal of Public Health. About the Journal . American Journal of Public Health. Retrieved March 7,2017 from http://ajph.aphapublications.org/page/ajph/about.html.

Summary and Evaluation

In the article ,” Social Networking Sites and Teens,” Lenhart and Madden shows how teenagers use social networking , and the reasons why they use them. First, the article describes the common state of using social media. Then, a survey demonstrates the manner in which young people use social networking sites ; moreover, the causes that lead teenagers to use them. The article concludes by defining social media sites  and the survey method. 

The article can somewhat be trusted. First of all , although the article was written in 2007, this topic has been recently studied up until now. Secondly, the article has some information that people currently agree with ; however , the statistical data about the number of young people who use social media is obsolete . Therefore, the article is partly true. Moreover , the article shows only one type of social media that had been used during 2007 which is Facebook ; in contrast , recently there are a variety of social media namely ; Whatsapp, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Line and so forth. The written article was taken from pewresearch .org, an online website. It is an organization run by the government, so it can be trusted . Finally, the article’s main point is to demonstrate in what way teens use social networks and what are the reasons for utilizing them .