I think that my believing paper, even though I haven’t received the grade back yet, was a successful paper for me. I was able to find a lot of information and I didn’t have much trouble putting words to the paper. After finishing it I thought it to be my best essay so far this semester and in learned multiple things through writing it that led me to think this highly of it. In writing the believing paper I learned the importance of clearly identifying the opposing side and understanding their position to successfully find common ground between both sides of our argument. In this I saw how much stronger an argument can be if you find that point where it strengthens your side and allows the opposition to see that your argument, although an opposing one, still has good stance to support what they believe in/are arguing for as well. I was able to do this a couple times in my paper this time around and I think it made for a much stronger and convincing argument which is a big factor in my confidence with my final product. I also learn quite a bit about my topic as well. I had already known a bit about it but going on the specific points I made in this paper it further increased my knowledge on the subject. For example I didn’t know marijuana could be such a successful treatment for PTSD and neither did I know that the medications currently being used as treatment worked as poorly as they do. A really surprising thing I learned in writing this paper is that both Colorado’s crime and murder rate decreased significantly following their legalization of marijuana. I don’t believe that was something many people expect and it serves as good evidence to support legalization federally. Once again I believe I found a good amount of success in this paper and I feel that the things I learned in writing it will help me wit future papers.