Marijuana legalization,taxation and sale for adults 18 +

My opponent in a PM said he did not understand my arguments, hence his first paragraph up until tobacco is irrelevant. My opponents main argument is on tobacco is worse then cigarettes. Let me give some marijuana info (some of it is just info, others refute my opponents case).Marijuana is the most commonly abused [illegal] drug, it contains 400-2000 chemicals and its main chemical is THC. As THC is the main chemical, lets look at what THC does. THC when smokes or used send chemicals mainly to the brain. "Not surprisingly, marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty with thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory. Research has shown that, in chronic users, marijuana's adverse impact on learning and memory can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wear off.2 As a result, someone who smokes marijuana every day may be functioning at a suboptimal intellectual level all of the time. ... Estimates from research suggest that about 9 percent of users become addicted to marijuana; this number increases among those who start young (to about 17 percent) and among daily users (25-50 percent)."[1]Tobacco does not have these mind altering effects. "Marijuana plants contain more than 400 chemicals"[2]My opponents tobacco comparison fails too. Also: "An estimated 400 chemicals co-exist in marijuana, but marijuana smoke has as many as 2,000 chemicals,"[3]My opponent then argus THC has no chance of death, this ignores the facts. THC causes people to be high, poor choices, slower movement, like while drunk but worse. Now, marijuana while driving = deaths. THC causes deaths indirectly. The rest of my opponents argunments are answered in the Q and A:Q. How is it right to to tell me what i can and can not to my own body?A. In a legal situation like this, the governments job is to choose what benefits society, also you have failed to prove legalization would benefit society. I have argued in round 1 that legalization would likely increase the amount of users. My argunments last round where actually answering the point, mainly because one of them argued the crime problems. Now how would we know legaliztion would lower crime? Wouldn't it put the cartels out of buisness? Yes it would, but that does not effect the argunment. Legalization lowers drug costs, correct? Well look at this: "If you give somebody free drugs you don't turn him into a responsible employee, husband, or father."[4] Why? The drugs effects on the brain cause people to become iritable, and therefore would commit many crimes (or more likely to commit crimes if on drugs). 80% of child abuse crimes now involve drugs. [4] Now, lets ask wont it increase users? If it does we can assume they will likely cause crime and drugs not only hurt the user, but also hurt everyone around him. Aone point 11 states decriminalized marijuana, usage trippled among youg people and quadropled in older people. [4] The point is society would benefit from prohibition of drugs, so the laws are just. Q. secondly how is tobacco and alcohol legal even though many studies have shown them to be very harmful?A. Lets begin with alcohol: "Compared to alcohol, marijuana is not safe. Long-term, moderate consumption of alcohol carries few health risks and even offers some significant benefits. The effects of regular marijuana consumption are quite different. For example, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (a division of the National Institutes of Health) has released studies showing that use of marijuana has wide-ranging negative health effects. Long-term marijuana consumption “impairs the ability of T-cells in the lungs’ immune system to fight off some infections. These studies have also found that marijuana consumption impairs short-term memory, making it difficult to learn and retain information or perform complex tasks; slows reaction time and impairs motor coordination; increases heart rate by 20 percent to 100 percent, thus elevating the risk of heart attack; and alters moods, resulting in artificial euphoria, calmness, or (in high doses) anxiety or paranoia." [5]As we can see an overdose is not needed to cause death or problems. We can see long term usage of marijuana is worse then alcohol. My opponent compares marijuana to tobacco, forgets my argunment last round how marijuana has more tar then tobacco and chemicals. Either way, this is irrelevant as marijuanas effect on the brain only relates to alcohol, so a tobacco comparison is like saying red is like white. Q. thirdly Why is Cannabis being singled out as the most harmful drug out there when 0 deaths have come from it?A. As stated marijuanas effect causes a hugher chance of heart attack and car crash. So indirectly we can argue marijuana causes death. I have also shown more users in youth (there is a drug problem in youth, why make it worse by legalization?) will increase. This willc ause crime and different additudes/addictions causing deaths that way. CONCLUSION:"I know i probably didn't answer some of your arguments" - Yes, you did, all of my case and mich of my rebuttals. I have disproven my opponents case, he has not refuted mine, vote con. [1] http://www.drugabuse.gov...[2] http://science.howstuffworks.com... [3] http://www.webmd.com... [4] http://www.sarnia.com... [5] http://www.heritage.org...