Critical Thinking

 TOPIC 1: The Legalization of Marijuana

On November 8 2016 the citizens of California passed Proposition 64 which legalized the use of marijuana for adults 21 or older and attached a variety of other conditions related to sales, cultivation and taxes.

One way to formulate the issue for this topic is: Should marijuana be legalized in every state in the US according to the terms of Ballot Measure 64, on the 2016 California ballot?

Here are some resources to begin addressing the above issue and topic:

 BALLOT MEASURE 64 AND CONTEXT

http://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2016/general/en/pdf/prop64-title-summ-analysis.pdf

https://ballotpedia.org/Marijuana_laws_in_the_United_States

RESOURCES ON 'NO'

http://noon64.net/about/

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/california-bishops-legalizing-marijuana-hurts-kids-the-poor-45910/

RESOURCE ON 'YES'

http://www.yeson64.org/about

OTHER RESOURCES

http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/pdf/

http://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2016/general/en/pdf/text-proposed-laws.pdf#prop64

http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Measures/Detail.aspx?id=1381868&session=2015

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures

https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_64,_Marijuana_Legalization_(2016)

http://www.livescience.com/56784-teen-opioid-cannabis-use.html

TOPIC 2: The Death Penalty

This resource page is provided for the following issue: Should the death penalty be banned in the United States?

On the November ballot in 2016 Californians voted to repealed Measure 62, that called for the banning of capital punishment. Do you think that the voters got this right? Should efforts be made to ban the death penalty along the lines of Measure 62?

Below are some resources on this ballot measure:

BALLOT MEASURE 62 AND CONTEX

http://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2016/general/en/pdf/prop62-title-summ-analysis.pdf

http://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2016/general/en/pdf/62-arg-rebuttals.pdf

RESOURCES ON 'NO'

http://noprop62yesprop66.com 

RESOURCE ON 'YES' 

http://yeson62.com/death-penalty-facts/

https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_62,_Repeal_of_the_Death_Penalty_(2016)

RELATED PROPOSITION 62:

http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/62/arguments-rebuttals.htm

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/death-penalty-measures-approved-in-three-states-california-oklahoma-nebraska/ 

http://www.cw6sandiego.com/election-results-props-62-and-66-the-death-penalty/