Marijuana Should Be Legalized

I will now refute my opponent's arguments and address each of his refutations against my arguments. The addiction contention is furthermore perpetuated and led by the mainstream media (especially no-conservative) as it is the "gateway drug". However, 32% of Tobacco users are guaranteed to be addicted to it because of the nicotine. Yet, no one asks why it is the "gateway drug" instead of Marijuana? Actually addiction of marijuana and marijuana being a gateway drug is very valid and is not led by the media. Addiction of marijuana [1] http://www.cadca.org... [2] http://www.nida.nih.gov... There is no doubt that with a certain dosage of THC, there is significant psychological impact on your brain. However, if you base your argument on why it should be illegal because of this, then your contention is a fallacy and thus, flawed. Skeletal/muscle relaxants, alcohol, inflammatory drugs, anti-depressants, are all legal drugs but cause significant damages to the body and the brain if not used responsibly, which should apply to marijuana as well. I'm unsure as to why you threw this off as a fallacy. A fallacy is usually an improper argumentation in reasoning resulting in a misconception or presumption.This does not go into the definition of a fallacy. Let's compare each of the drugs you stated. 1) Muscle relaxants are very powerful drugs which may produce negative effects that include heart failure and paralysis. [1] This would require an overdose. 2) I have already showed how alcohol is more dangerous than marijuana. 3) The two main adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with NSAIDs relate to gastrointestinal (GI) effects and renal effects of the agents. [2] 4) MAO inhibitors can produce a potentially lethal hypertensive reaction if taken with foods that contain excessively high levels of tyramine, such as mature cheese, cured meats or yeast extracts [3] While marijuana has a much higher list of medical effects (both short term and long term) [4] Short term -rapid heart rate -increased blood pressure -increased rate of breathing -red eyes -dry mouth -increased appetite, or "the munchies" -slowed reaction time -distorted sense of time -paranoia -magical or "random" thinking -short-term memory loss -anxiety and depression Sources [1] http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org... [4] http://www.webmd.com... I will now address my opponents refutation against my refutations of his arguments. Refutation A: His " War on Drugs" economic argument. It was not a red herring. The majority of that contention was dealing with drugs in general while the resolution is specifiably marijuana, so the only relevant portion was, Instead of legalization, regulation, and taxing it, we send drug users to jail for practicing their individual liberty to use Marijuana medically. The media perpetuates how evil Marijuana is and how it will kill, but there has never been any linked evidence in history that Marijuana caused any kinds of cancer related deaths. I already successfully refuted this, since you made no refutation and called it off as a red herring this contention has been refuted and is incorrect. I want to beg the question though: have you ever heard of a person overdosing on marijuana? I will let you simmer into that thought process and also mentioned, that marijuana if consumed alternatively via vaporizer or pill form eliminates most of the cancer related risks. Actually yes I have. Like any other drugs it's possible to overdose when the user has taken too much marijuana. [1]http://www.allaboutcounseling.com... The fact that marijuana is illegal is not unconstitutional, you did not give any sources even hinting at this. Invalid. My point was relevant because it is dangerous for lawmakers to be influenced by puppet politicians paid by the drug cartels. Wouldn't you agree that the prohibition of alcohol caused Al Capone to rise into power because he had the means to pay off judges and politicians to keep alcohol illegal? I hardly see how this is relevant, the focus is marijuana not alcohol. Your attempting to show how alcohol and tobacco is more deadly than marijuana. Besides, alcohol and tobacco is irrelevant to the resolution. Lastly, my opponent attempts to show how my two statements are irrelevant. "The fact that is held in such a hostile regard is for the numerous negative health effects." "I have shown how alcohol and tobacco is more harmful than marijuana." Two of these points obviously conflict with each other. Actually they are not. Yes marijuana has numerous health effects, but alcohol and tobacco are more harmful than marijuana. I have refuted each of my opponents point, thus I urge a Con vote.