Outline

I. Introduction

A. Attention Getter: I haven't decided what it will be yet, however, it will be a statistic that makes the reader stop and think and then want to continue to read my paper.

B. Thesis: Currently America is facing financial hardships that at the present seem to be taking devastating tolls on the country from an economic standpoint, but with the legalization of marijuana America could help close the gap to achieving economic security.

II. Current Economic position of the United States

1. National Debt
2. Bailouts
3. Relative condition of our economy

III. Current Solutions to ending the Crisis

1. Economic Stimulus
2. More in depth look at government reasoning in bailouts

IV. Proposition to Weed as a cash crop

1. Taxation on weed

V. Taxation

      A. Intro to taxation

2. Government Revenue and the money they could appropriate from taxing production and sale of marijuana

VI. Weed as a cash crop.

1. Past history of being a cash crop
2. Easy means of production
3. Low cost of production
4. Why America would be well situated to grow Marijuana
5. Comparative Statistics of cash crops

VII. Current Medicinal Marijuana program

1. How it works
2. Regulations
3. Success and Failures

VIII. Benefits from the revenue created from taxing marijuana

1. Could be used to help create more economic stimulus plans
2. Decrease in Unemployment
3. Raise GDP
4. Help put a slight dent in the National Debt
5. Overall effect on the economy

IX. Conclusion