Stop The Texting

Texting while driving is one of the many causes of wrecks and deaths on the road. It is a big problem in all states. Cell phone technology is a big problem, more for teenagers. Teenagers use cell phones to text, call friends and more, while driving and they pay zero attention and accidents occur just for a stupid simple text message. About 24 percent of all motor vehicle crashes involves cell phone use. In 2011, 1.3 million vehicular crashes were linked to people using their cell phones. This is a very serious problem and in the past a teen was killed when she rolled her pick up truck while she was sending a text so they named a bill after her, Lubbock. Which ban texting while driving, giving a $100 fine. But Government Rick Perry vetoed the bill because he said texting while driving was a personal experience. 
I do not agree with what governor Perry did at all but now Attorney General Greg Abbot who is front-runner for governor opposes a statewide ban on texting while driving and it goes for all Texans. I totally agree with this, we need to do something to stop this big problem before many more people die, if they need to give higher fines they should, if we need higher punishments we should it’s better than having more deaths. For example maybe they can give them hours of community service, or maybe attend a class that teaches the consequences about what could happen when texting and driving. No matter what, we need to stop this and the government needs to act fast before we loose more innocent lives.

I totally agree with the author of Texas. Here We Come on his argument about the government needing to do something to stop people from texting while driving. It argues about how many deaths and people have gotten so many tickets for breaking the law of texting while driving. Teenagers need to understand how dangerous this is. He gives greats examples to back up everything, like the teenager that died while texting and how many people have gotten tickets for breaking the law and how much has it increase. I know the government already did something by making this illegal but this is not working, I agree with his argument about how the government should create an app or something that would automatically turn off the cell phones as soon as the driver starts driving. I say that’s a good idea, trying something new might really be helpful, it makes a really good point. Also I would like to add that texting while driving can not only hurt the people that are doing it, but they can actually hurt someone else or even take innocents lives away.

Legalize the Green Stuff

Marijuana is already legal in some states like California, Colorado, and Washington and many more. Why not Texas? Texas is a very conservative state, it has been against the legalization of Marijuana for years. But why not try something new? Marijuana can be use for medical reason, in a article written by Antwanise Jackson it gives examples of how Marijuana can help people from suffering seizures and as well as treat glaucoma patients. Also with the help of Marijuana they formed a drug named dronabinol that helps patients with HIV and AIDS by increasing their appetite and stop losing weight.
Also by keeping Marijuana illegal we have had millions of drug related arrests and about 70 percent of those were dealing with Marijuana. The state is spending much more money on fighting against drugs, like processing and prosecutions of drug related arrests that they forget about other many more important things.
In another article written by Jaleesa Baulkman I found that legalizing Marijuana would not increase the crime rate like many people think. In this article it shows that when these states Alaska, California, Hawaii, Montana and many more were legalized crimes like, homicide, rape, robbery and burglary did not increase at all. If the increase of Marijuana crimes is not the fact that they use the drug and go do stupid things but the fact that is illegal. In 2013, 59 percent of drug possession arrests in Texas were for possession, so legalizing Marijuana will actually make the crime rate drop.