Week 5 Blog 1

http://time.com/3930541/marijuana-impact-driving/

How much does Marijuana impact your driving?

This article focuses on the exact numbers involved when talking about marijuana and alcohol blood levels.

• Who said it (Author?)

Time Magazine and researchers, Dr. Marilyn Huestis

• From what point of view? (Author/Context)

to keep people safe and to educate about the bodily affects of using substances

• To Whom? (Reader/Audience)

People who will be using substances and driving, or anyone interested in this topic

• According to what principles? (Any professional contexts or constraints?)

context is the rising popularity of marijuana in this country, as well as the lack of knowledge surrounding its consequences 

• Against whom? To what end? With what financing? With what type of proof?

many studies were done and have been included in this article

• Which principles that you are learning in They Say/I Say are being followed? Any ignored or absent?

the author does a nice job of summarizing the study performed by Dr. Huestis, and there are proper quotations in the article as well. 

• This week, take note of anything you notice about the rhetorical uses of color, multimodal textual features, elements and contrast in the articles, 

The article is mostly black and white, but at the top there is a box with a video about the effects of marijuana on children, as well a picture of marijuana and a link to another article about the drug in colorado.