Medical Marijuana

"Terrible Health Defects"http://www.defense.gov...http://en.wikipedia.org...Better?"FDA statement"link requested, link grantedhttp://medicalmarijuana.procon.org..."Schizophrenia "I did mix them up, but the evidense is growing. Did you know that aids wans't proven a STD for a few years. My dad (doctor) said that the evidence is very strong, and will ba proven a causation within a few years. And this is from a pro marijuana legilizaation dude. "Testicular Cancer"women don't get testicular cancer lolAlso the link is pretty strong in some of those studies. http://www.independent.co.uk...there is uncertanty but the evidence here is overwhelming. "Withdrawal"overlooked by a doctor? People abuse the system all of the time, even under a doctor. http://www.drugaddictiontreatment.com..."AIDS"Marijuana doesn't work, I have proved this, cannibis hurts the immune system, worsening aids. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu..."Alzheimer's Disease"you say replacing is unreliable, I have proven so is marijana. It slows you down among other things. So your argument comes back to bite you. No medicine cures the desiese, but some medicines are reliable: http://www.mayoclinic.com..."My opponent yet again goes on to discuss marijuana for recreational use, not medical use."I already proved above that it is abused either way. So this argument was pre-refuted. "Alternatives"Oh so medicines listed is 'no proof' it is a ton of proof. I proved that many medicines replace the drug. Conclusion:yours is false, I provided proof as you asked for this round. I will re-do all of my contentions again to finish off. C1: Terrible health effectshttp://www.nida.nih.gov...a non 'kid' website.C2: FDA statementprovided aboveC3: It's linked schizophreniastill some doubt, but it is fairly well proved. http://healthland.time.com... Researchers have suspected a link since the 1960s, and study after study has hinted that use of marijuana may trigger schizophrenia, a serious mental illness that affects one in 100 people. Recent studies, however, provide evidence strong enough to give public health officials — not to mention parents and educators — pause, especially as legalization efforts pick up steam. The latest to weigh in is research to appear in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. Scientists in Australia followed nearly 4,000 young adults born between 1981 and 1984 at the 21-year mark, and found that the longer study participants had used marijuana, the higher the risk of psychosis-related outcomes. Those who had experienced hallucinations early were more likely to have smoked or used marijuana longer and more frequently. pasted from: http://www.miller-mccune.com... C4: Linked to testicular cancer this is well proved as well. I used a goverment source too, but let me prove it again: http://www.fhcrc.org... http://articles.cnn.com... http://articles.latimes.com... C5 withdrawl that happens every week raises aggresion point still stands. even under medical supervision one can get addicted. Under my doctors supevision I got addicted to afrin for a few days. SO point still stands. http://www.idmu.co.uk... C6: doesn't help AIDS/HIV People, you can use other medicines it was proved above, and you quote false quotes. but I will prove it again. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) stated in a Jan. 2, 2002 email to ProCon.org: "Marijuana can affect the immune system by impairing the ability of T-cells to fight off infections, demonstrating that marijuana can do more harm than good in people with already compromised immune systems." Janet Lapey, MD, Executive Director of Concerned Citizens for Drug Prevention, Inc., in her Oct. 1, 1997 Statement to the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary in the House of Representatives: "Marijuana is not the safe drug portrayed by the marijuana lobby. It is addictive; it adversely affects the immune system... Marijuana use is a risk factor for the progression to full-blown AIDS in HIV-positive persons, and HIV-positive marijuana smokers have an increased incidence of bacterial pneumonia."C7: Alzheimers Susanne Sorensen, MD, head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, stated in a Feb. 22, 2005 BBC News article titled "Marijuana May Block Alzheimer's": "The Alzheimer's Society looks forward to seeing further research being carried out on cannabinoid receptors as drug targets for Alzheimer's disease but would warn the public against taking marijuana as a way of preventing Alzheimer's. It is now generally recognized that as well as providing a 'high,' long-term use of marijuana can also lead to depression in many individuals."C8: It is addictive Alan J. Budney, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Researcher at the University of Arkansas Center for Addiction Research, stated in his Oct. 2001 article "Marijuana Abstinence Effects in Marijuana Smokers Maintained in Their Home Environment," published in the Archives of General Psychiatry: "This study validated several specific effects of marijuana abstinence in heavy marijuana users, and showed they were reliable and clinically significant. These withdrawal effects appear similar in type and magnitude to those observed in studies of nicotine withdrawal... Craving for marijuana, decreased appetite, sleep difficulty, and weight loss reliably changed across the smoking and abstinence phases. Aggression, anger, irritability, restlessness, and strange dreams increased significantly during one abstinence phase, but not the other." so it is addictive because the withdrawl are severe C9: Alternatives that do the same things, minus all of the downsides. shown above twice