User:Dreka37/Evaluate an Article

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Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States - Wikipedia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
== I chose this article because it provides some information concerning the adverse effects of legalizing cannabis as my original article is titled " Cannabis Dispensaries in The United States". The lead sentence is clear and concise. The overview provides a brief description of the major point discussed in the article's major sections. The lead does not include irrelevant information in the lead section. The lead section provides adequate detail that let's the reader grasp what the article is about. Public Health Safety is the reason it matters. ==

Evaluate the article
The article content is relevant to the topic and was last. This section seems to capture to the main idea of the article, providing a brief description of the major sections. No information provided is irrelevant It does deal equity gaps as African Americans in the United States were the targeted population of the Nixon Administration to be suppressed and torn apart.

The article appears neutral as it gives account of reasons to be for legalization and those reason to be against it. The article appears to be informative not persuasive in nature.

The article is backed up by reliable secondary sources as the article provide adequate references, who reflect available literature associated to the topic. These sources are current and too provide links for further evaluation and/or research. The sources cited are written by a diverse spectrum of reliable authors. There are working links to articles that provides more insight on subjects related to the topic. The article provides a brief description of some of the adverse effects of legalizing marijuana but it leaves out several important negative impacts of legalization.

The paper is well written and there is no grammatical or spelling errors identified. It is easy to read and well organized as the sections are broken down to depict the major points of the article.

The only image presented in the article is a map but gives a visual guide into the breakdowns by states, what states legalized for recreational, medical and states who decriminalized. Though it provides this information, it does not show states who are for both recreational and medical legalization, in which some states are. The captions presented is simple in it nature but is current and adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations, according to the file history.

On the talk page, I discovered that this is a redirected article that came from an original article titled, Cannabis and Lobbying Efforts that was nominated for deletion May, 5, 2014. The article is rated C-Class and is of interest in 4 WikiProjects, with ratings ranging from low to high in importance. There is minimum discussion and the today list is empty. There is no difference in how the article discusses the topic. The article has 267 daily views, has been edited 1669 times by 631 editors, and has 120 Page Watchers.

My overall impression of the article is that it lacks very important information that will help educate people about the adverse effects of legalizing cannabis. If people are educated the can make better decisions concerning using marijuana. The article gives good insight in sections where people are for legalizing, which are sections that feel are overdeveloped. It can be can be improved by providing statistical data to back up claims as the article is underdeveloped in this area.

Reference

Wikipedia contributors. (2021, October 23). Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 06:43, October 31, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legalization_of_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States&oldid=1051367322