Annotated Biblography

Citation- A quotation from a book or some kind of reference.
 It is used to provide evidence or details.

MLA Format- Modern Language Association. Used to write papers
   and site sources within the liberal arts and humanities.

Works cited page- It lists info. in your paper such as location and date.
           Its used to give more details about your topic.

Annotated bibliography- A summary of a research that has been done.
  Its used to summarize data.

Quoting- A repeat or copy from someone Else's words,
typically with an indication that one is not the original
author or speaker. Its used to provide opinions or ideas
from other people.

Paraphrasing- Involves inputting a passage from source material
     into your own words. It is used to include additional
     details you've found in an article or source.

Summarizing- Give a brief statement of the main points of something.
    Its used to point out important details in articles,
    passages, stories ect.

Plagiarism- The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and
   passing them off as your own. Its used for cheating

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/60959/

This article gives the top ten basic reasons why marijuana should be legalized, such as how prohibition isn't  helping the people or the economy, leads to prejudices on races that use marijuana more, a legal market would reduce use use among teenagers and younger people, would slow and or stop the flow of money leaving the economy, would help hemp turn into a valuable agricultural crop, causes harm to credibility of teachers and scientist for giving good reasons to legalize hemp, marijuana is not a lethal drug, too expensive for our justice system, has good medical value and positive attributes and many marijuana users are standing up for the injustice of marijuana prohibition.
The author of this article is defending marijuana and how it has good attributes.
An assertion that the author makes is that marijuana is very expensive to keep illegal and causes alot of money to be wasted on imprisoning and taking to court the people.
Another assertion is that hemp is not as bad as people say, it helps people with medical issues that may cause them pain and help with rehabilitation.