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 * Name of article: National Marijuana Initiative
 * Focused on the National Movement, this page only briefly discusses attitudes and actions specifically for Kentucky.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * The introductory sentence does not concisely describe the topic and only provides the date of origin of the program.
 * The Lead does not represent the information provided underneath it.
 * The Lead discusses the federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program which is not described otherwise.
 * It is basically 2 sentences that could be combined to be 1 that still does not provide much description for the situation.

Content

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 * The content revolves so far only around 1 specific area in the United States.
 * The only content is from 4 years ago.
 * Content referencing every other place affected as well as any other relevant time period besides 2015 is absent.

Content evaluation
The one existing paragraph details a specific dynamic within the court system concerning this topic but does so in an unorganized manner. I am not sure exactly of what is being said, but it could be said more concisely.Then there is randomly a last sentence that makes a very vague claim that needs to be explained: "The research is done." What research?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * The article appears to be neutral yet confusing.

Tone and balance evaluation
There is very little information, however the information provided mainly focuses on a pro-medicinal marijuana stance. It does not try to persuade, but there is almost no information on the anti-legalization perspective.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Not all sources are reliable.
 * Some sources are thorough.
 * The sources are current.
 * The first link connects one to a book but not actually to a way to engage with and reference the book.
 * The second link represents the movement specifically, but it is funded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy and thus biased.
 * The third link is more thorough, but it still represents only the situation as it is passed/rejected in KY with the source being a blog post.

Sources and references evaluation
Like the article itself, most of the sources are not thorough. Concerning the link that does contribute valuable information, the emphasis of the article is left out in the one sentence summary provided on the Wikipedia page. The reasoning behind the stances of the legislators involved is left out of the page summary.

Organization

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 * The article is concise and thus easy to read, but it is not organized well or broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic. In fact many major points are neglected entirely.
 * The article has grammatical errors such as run on sentences.

Organization evaluation
This area needs much improvement.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * There are no images.

Images and media evaluation
Media could be helpful to the subject but none is provided. Perhaps images of the legislators involved, populations affected, or reactions of the populations could be beneficial.

Checking the talk page

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 * No conversations are happening.
 * It is a part of WikiProject Cannabis and is rated as stub-class and low importance.

Talk page evaluation
Wikipedia deems this low importance, and no conversations have taken place concerning the page.

Overall impressions

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 * The article is far from done. Only a few sentences of information have been added to entirely cover the topic.
 * Some sources are good to have but not always super easy to access.
 * The article needs more information, more sources, more people working to check its accuracy, as well as media.
 * The article is nowhere near complete.

Overall evaluation
There is a serious lack of information that makes it difficult to evaluate the article as anything but incomplete.

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