Marijuana should be legalized for recreation use

1st round of counterarguments:Rebuttal for productivity: (wikipedia is not a reliable source by the way) there are many health uses for marijuana - it is actually not a bad drug for you if you use it in moderation. Here are some health benefits of using marijuana: It can be used to treat Glaucoma, It may help reverse the carcinogenic effects of tobacco and improve lung health, It can help control epileptic seizures, It also decreases the symptoms of a severe seizure disorder known as Dravet's Syndrome, A chemical found in marijuana stops cancer from spreading, It may decrease anxiety, THC slows the progression of Alzheimer's disease, The drug eases the pain of multiple sclerosis, Other types of muscle spasms could be helped too, It lessens side effects from treating hepatitis C and increases treatment effectiveness. Marijuana treats inflammatory bowel diseases, It relieves arthritis discomfort, It keeps you skinny and helps your metabolism, It improves the symptoms of Lupus, an autoimmune disorder, While not really a health benefit, marijuana spurs creativity in the brain, Marijuana might be able to help with Crohn's disease, Pot soothes tremors for people with Parkinson's disease, Marijuana helps veterans suffering from PTSD, Marijuana protects the brain after a stroke, It might protect the brain from concussions and trauma, It can help eliminate nightmares, Weed reduces some of the awful pain and nausea from chemo, and stimulates appetite, Marijuana can help people trying to cut back on drinking. ~BuisnessInsider.Rebuttal for adictiveness: Your claim is simply not true - it is very unlikely to be addicted, "although marijuana may be addictive for some, 91 percent of those who try it do not get hooked. Further, marijuana is less addictive than many other legal and illegal drugs." ~scientificamericanRebuttal for short and long term effects: If it is so addictive, then how come only 9% of people who try it get addicted? You are rambling on assumptions that you made based souly on your OPINION. Next round, please use evidence to back up your claim - it will then be a more reliable argument.Rebuttal for Various Strains: It won't though - as I have stated before, there are so many health and long-term benefits of marijuana, they outweigh the risks. Anything can be harmful if used very often - even drugs that are suppost to HELP you; and thank you for further proving my point with productivity.Reuttal for smoking joints: Actually, marijuana INCREASED USERS IQ. Here is a study: "Here’s how the study was done: A group of young, middle-class adults was assembled, consisting of non-tokers, light pot smokers, and heavy users. Light users were those who smoked less than five joints a week, heavy users toked an average of 33 joints each week. Researchers used urine samples to confirm marijuana use or abstinence. veryone in the study had been subjected to IQ tests between the ages of nine and twelve. They subjected this crew to follow-up IQ tests to see how their lifetime use of marijuana might have affected their IQ. They found that the non-smokers IQ’s stayed the same or went up slightly. The light smokers had an average IQ increase of five points, more than the non-smokers. That’s right. People who smoked weed moderately experience and increase in their IQ scores by 5 points compared to people who didn’t smoke weed." ~spiritscienceandmetaphysicsSources:http://www.businessinsider.com...http://www.scientificamerican.com...http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com...