Cannabis should be legalized

' following the legalization of marijuana in my state. This means that more students will be getting caught, suspended, or even expelled, varying on the school. ' Now whenever drug legalization affects the numbers of users is complex it can but it doesn't have to , for example in Portugal drug legalization barely affected the numbers at all. When it comes to teenagers , sometimes prohibition might even encourage it more than legalization since society condemns it and that's why many teenagers smoke cigerrates for example . ' If these young people are dropping out of school because of increasing marijuana use, we will have less educated youth' education is compulsory . ' leading to less jobs taken in our economy and an increasing unemployment rate. ' speaking of jobs , cannabis legalization would lead to thousands of new jobs being created and a new booming industry in fact colorado just collected 2 millions in cannabis taxes and that's not including medical marijuana http://www.bbc.co.uk... . 'The long term effects of marijuana use have physical, mental, behavioral, and social consequences[1]. It is not surprising that these are the traits that will be needed for leading and supporting our country.' The [1] is often a sign of copied and pasted work , also my opponent hasnt listed what these effects are . 'Marijuana use has proved to have a negative effect on driving[1][2][3][4]. As we know, drivers must be alert and well to not make any fatal mistakes. But drivers under the influence of weed are more likely to crash, and potentially, die.' again probably copied and pasted and also marijuana unlike alcohol causes you to drive more cautiously and slowly also how does prohibition deal with that? it's not like stoned driving would be legal if cannabis was legal . '...one study found marijuana users have a 4.8-fold increase in risk of a heart attack during the first hour after smoking because of the drug's effect on your heart rate."[2] Some of the short-term effects of marijuana are increased heart rate, fluctuations in blood pressure, and dilation of blood vessels[1], so we can safely assume that a heart attack can come the consumption of weed.' But the person doing the weed chose to do so , it is him who is taking a risk , forcing him not to do so is forcing your own morality onto him , 'The evidence has been laid out, and I have shown that marijuana use can cause death' but is quite rare and overdose has never been recorded. ' Also, innocent people can be affected, perhaps killed, in a vehicle collision if they are hit by a driver under the influence of weed. By legalizing it, the number of car collisions and fatalities by it will increase' just how people can be killed in car collisions by drivers who are not under the influence of drugs should we ban public transportation ? I don't think so , also how do you know that it's definatly going to increase? . 'who is smoking weed can be harmful. If we legalize it, people who choose not to smoke will be at risk as well.' unlike tobbaco , cannabis is not highly addictive and most cannabis smokers don't have the need to do so in public , if a person chooses to be in the same room with a cannabis smoker he chooses to be there .