Marijuana should be legalized

1. Marijuana is a gatewayI don't feel as if you refuted the basic argument here. You did claim that it might not be the first pick of drugs, but that doesn't mean it is not a gateway.2. Marijuana has bad health effectsAlso the base claim here that marijuana has a multitude of bad health effects is not refuted. You cannot link fast food to marijuana because they have different effects. Fast food is bad for you, but it doesn't distort perception, or other direct medical effects like marijuana does. They are both unhealthy, but they are bad in different ways. Why is smoking a problem, because it causes direct harm to the self, and others right around it. Someone eating a cheeseburger next to you isn't going to affect your health. Many drugs have very serious side effects, but they are still prescribed by doctors. Just because it has side effects doesn't mean it won't be prescribed.3. Use of Marijuana is ImmoralAs for cannibalism, lives are not being taken away in brutal ways. If someone dies and their final wish is for people to consume their body it is no different than people donating their body to science. After all it is the "right of the individual to do with their body what they want." As for abortion I said according to some people it is true, apparently neither of us think that way. You then say "Marijuana is not something that affects other people (unless you smoke it around someone without their permission)" which isn't true. There is something called Third-hand smoke, which is "Third-hand smoke is a term used to describe the particles and gases that are left over after a cigarette is extinguished. These particles land and remain on virtually any surface in an area where someone has smoked -- on clothes, in hair, on furniture and on flooring." [1] Third-hand smoke has been shown to be especially dangerous to children. [2] Smoking anything is more harmful than to just that person who is smoking.The butterfly effect is similar to the origin of the first life. It is a historical science meaning it is not something you can use the scientific method for since it is not repeatable. No one can prove how the first life occurred, just like no one can prove the butterfly effect. Both of these are based on philosophy, current evidence, or reasoning. 4. Legalization would increase the number of children having access to itActually I showed why Alcohol prohibition eventually failed; however, it was a success in many other ways. The War on drugs is not a failure. Monitoring the Future Study: Trends in Prevalence of Various Drugs Drugs that have decreased in use (2010-2013) among 12th graders: Alcohol, Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco, Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, GHB, Hallucinogens, LSD, MDMA, Heroin, Inhalants, Ketamine, Methamphetamine, PCP, Ritalin, Narcotics other than Heroin, Vicodin, OxyContin, and Rohypnol. 19 drugs.Drugs that have increased in use (2010-2013) among 12th graders: Marijuana, Amphetamine, and Adderall. 3 drugs.[3] In 1978 daily use of marijuana use of 12 graders was about 11%, and in 2013 is is about 6%. [4] That is a decrease of about 45%.Portugal crime rate has not changed much and actually shows an increase of reported crimes. [5] The immediate effect is nothing changed but how you classify people, but the long term effects show a correlation between marijuana use and crime as I have shown in previous rounds.5. Drug related arrest benefit societyIt equals about $50 per person in Florida. There is an inverse correlation between the incarceration rate and the crime rate. [6] The more the prison population is the less crime there is. Crime is also on a decrease according to Gallup. [7]6. Legalization of marijuana will lead to the legalization of other drugs"The British peer-reviewed journal Lancet published a study titled "Drug Harms in the UK: A Multicriteria Decision Analysis" on Nov. 1, 2010 which ranked 20 drugs from alcohol to marijuana to tobacco based on harm factors." They found Alcohol to be the most harmful. [8] You further prove my point by saying that they want to legalize drugs all together. Meaning that it will lead to legalization of things like heroin.Sources[1] http://lungcancer.about.com...[2] http://www.sciencedaily.com... [3] http://www.drugabuse.gov...[4] http://www.monitoringthefuture.org...[5] http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu...[6] http://www.crimeandconsequences.com...[7] http://www.gallup.com...[8] http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org...