Emotion (Singular) You Think Readers Will Feel
Beineke's article makes people want to take a stand. She takes them out of their comfort zone and makes them experience feelings of anger. She presents the common enemy, the oil drilling companies, using the coldest way possible, numbers from statistics, in opposition with the powerful, impressive images of the other side, the Alaskan Wild Life. Beineke combines fire with ice in order to get reaction.
Medical Marijuana and Civil Liberties Research Project
In the case of chronic, long-term marijuana use, several studies indicate that “heavy users displayed significantly greater impairment than light users on attentional/executive functions, as evidenced particularly by greater perseverations on card sorting and reduced learning of word lists.”4 Even so, doubts remain as to the true cause of these perceived impairments, and despite the fact that “heavy marijuana use is associated with residual neuropsychological effects even after a day of supervised abstinence from the drug … the question remains open as to whether this impairment is due to a residue of drug in the brain, a withdrawal effect from the drug, or a frank neurotoxic effect of the drug.”5 When the totality of statistical and scientific data is objectively considered, it becomes quite clear that “the weight of evidence suggests that long term heavy use of cannabis does not produce severe impairment of cognitive function like that observed in heavy alcohol users … (and) there is evidence that it may produce more subtle cognitive impairment in the higher cognitive functions of memory, attention and organization and integration of complex information.”6