Rhetorical Analysis Of Cannabis Legalization Is Key To Economic Recovery

Kris Krane is the Director of Cannabis Development for KCSA Strategic

Communications, a leading public relations and investor relations firm with a robust cannabis

practice (Krane). The author of the article Cannabis Legalization is Key to Economic Recovery, much like Ending Alcohol Prohibition Helped Us Out of The Great Depression persuades his audience with logical and ethical explanations through his article why cannabis should be legalized for economic and job growth. As he uses rhetoric throughout his article to persuade his audience with evidence and good storyline.

Using logical and ethical reasoning in his article, Krane shows the legalization of cannabis will offer more jobs and help the economy after the shutdown covid-19 caused

But then gives a solution when he

writes “marijuana prohibition should be an important and prominent part of our

country’s political agenda “(Krane). Because it could help us recover economically from such a

crisis. To push Krane’s agenda further he uses fallacies.

The author Krane uses a strong fallacy (red herring fallacy) which pulls in his rhetorical device of anecdote to persuade his audience in a political way. For example, when he writes

“Facing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Biden should look to his

Depression-era counterpart, FDR, and adopt an anti-prohibition position as part of a platform

to rebuild America’s economy in the wake of the recession” (Krane). That is a great use of the red herring fallacy (telling a story) to illustrate to his readers our president has been through something similar to this why can’t we seem to figure out a resolution? The why would be as

Krane stated by writing “Despite the multitude of reasons for states and the federal government to end prohibition, the question remains as to whether the political will is there for governments

to take such a bold and forward-thinking action” (Krane). As America is so divided right now