Marijuana is not addictive or harmful.

righty10294: "First off, I'm disgusted with your picture, and do you support flag burning (something wrong because I can't see your stances)" Well I hope your disgust in my picture doesn't cause you to have a problem with exhibiting a good, respectful, open-minded debate. I could equally find YOUR picture disgusting, but I choose to set aside all prejudices and argue logically. No I don't "support" the burning of the flag, per se. I don't think it should be illegal. Burning a flag is honestly not that big of a deal. The flag is just a piece of cloth that looks like something you recognize and assign meaning to--nothing more. The flag has no soul--it is just a SYMBOL. Why are we idolizing SYMBOLS? Isn't that a sin? Applying flame to a piece of cloth should not be illegal. What if my avatar was the burning of the Iraqi flag... would you be disgusted then? That would be acceptable no? Oh wait, we're not at WAR with Iraq--it's just an occupation! I'm glad we're not enemies then. (This is another debate topic entirely. I apologize for straying.) right10294: "Alright, Marijuana is addicting. If you are a regular user, you can become addictive to it. People will contuenisly smoke it, because they will become dependent on it. It will relax them when they are stresses. Infact, when they're stressed, they will rely on it." I will excuse your grammar because I think I can make out what you are trying to say. (If I misquote you, please let me know.) "If you are a regular user, you can become [addicted] to [marijuana]"--So at some point a person changes from being "a regular user" to an "addict". Is he an addict because he uses regularly? Or does he just use regularly because it makes him feel good? "People will contuenisly smoke it, because they will become dependent on it." Well, yes if people DID become dependent on it, they would smoke it continuously. But smoking it continuously does not consequently mean that they are dependent on it. Smoke cannabis has these side-effects: Hunger and happiness. People smoke it "contuenisly" because they like to do so. Does that have any affect on what you do? No. So why do you care? It makes the user happy--and that is the side effect. "Drug related crimes" occur so often BECAUSE drugs are illegal. Making something illegal raises the stakes of everything, so people are forced to do things in secret and it's almost necessary for drug dealers to carry a gun because of the nature of a black market--it's dangerous. If drugs were legalized, there wouldn't be henchmen hustlin' their dealers for cash and pluggin' 'em with some slugs if they don't got the dough. Anyone who wanted the effects of marijuana would simply have to go to the store (similar to a liquor/smoke shop) and pick up an inhaler of completely non-carcinogenic THC--just bypass all the dangers of the black market. No need for guns or violence anymore because it's not illegal. The problem isn't DRUGS. The problem IS that DRUGS are ILLEGAL. righty10294: "The health problems of marijuana. When someone smokes marijuana, they will be smoking more tar than what's in a cigarette. This tar goes down into your lungs, esophices, etc. and ill it. That's how most people get lung cancer." Like I said: If marijuana was legal, the mass-marketed way to sell it would be in inhalers--because it is 100% non-carcinogenic. Yes, cannabis does have some tar, but even if people still want to buy plants and seeds--it is THEIR choice. If someone smokes one joint in his room, and you NEVER come in to contact with him--why do you even CARE what he does in his free time? It DOESN'T affect you! Just because drugs might go against YOUR moral code, someone else's moral codes are simply different. Do you really need to enforce your beliefs on to others? Isn't that the definition of religious oppression? Different is NOT always bad. And just because you THINK your way is the only way, doesn't mean you have the right to tell me how to live my life. righty10294: "Other effects of marijuana- -decreases energy -decreases concentration -it will mess up the reproductive system in both males and females" Have you ever smoked marijuana? Do you know EXACTLY how it makes you feel? Do you think the government has smoked marijuana? If you say yes, then they are breaking their own law. If you say no, then they have NO idea of knowing exactly how it makes the user feel. The only way to KNOW how something feels is to use it yourself. And unless you have, don't say stuff like "decreases concentration and energy". Maybe happy people aren't just as uptight as the average Westerner is. And that was a very wonderful link you sent me to. "Check out this photo of the effects of marijuana- http://images.google.com...; This looks like something I would see hanging up in my health class. What a great place to get objective information: the classroom of a prohibitionist-government-funded classroom. "Sleepy eyes" is a SYMPTOM? Are they just making things up now to fill up space? So, I shouldn't smoke marijuana because it gives me "sleepy eyes"? God FORBID I have "sleepy eyes"! And as I said earlier--THC and cannabanoids are NOT carcinogenic. THC is one of like 400 compounds you consume when you smoke marijuana crudely. There ARE ways to isolate the THC and minimize/eliminate ANYTHING that would be considered cancer-causing. Also, "Reduces motivation"? Where do they get this crap? I dare you to smoke a J and tell me how you feel afterwards. Oh... and if you just want to IMAGINE what could happen if a pregnant woman was smoking cannabis... please don't read this study: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org...