Cannabis

HarmThe so called mania cannabis causes might not be entirely true. Many intelligent and influencial people whom used marijuana never experienced any of these symptoms. While it may increase the chance by a little bit, there are many upsides to cannabis aswell. People have used this drug for thousands of years mainly in China and other surrounding countries. The so called "brain changes" may not be negative changes. The study had clearly confirmed why these brain changes are bad. Your brain rewires and changes itself all the time. Even if they were bad, it was a study done on 40 people. The study had basically took 20 non-users and 20 users of Cannabis. While this may hint at some things, the study can't be taken entirely seriously. Those were just a few people as there are millions of others. Studies that take a few people and examine results are not entirely accurate. There could easily be other factors impacting the cannabis users. 20 cannabis users may not entirely represent everyone. The next two claims you made about permanent loss of memory likely apply to heavy cannabis users. The summary of the study clearly stated "Teens who were heavy marijuana users" in the 3rd source. In the fourth source, the title cleary stated "Heavy marijuana users." There is a difference between casually using marijuana and binging on it. There are people whom use alcohol occasionally and then there's alcoholics. I'm not saying marijuana is completely harmless, i'm not denying there are people addicted to it either. I am just saying that you can't assume everybody whom uses marijuana uses it several times a day.Propaganda There are people whom are addicted to it but marijuana itself is not physically addictive. Marijuana is in fact far less addictive than caffeine. The gateway drug myth has been debunked several times. Alcohol is more of a gateway drug than marijuana. Medicinal Uses I have included a reliable source on Cannabis's anti-tumoural effect. The source that mathgeekjoe is not as reliable. It also seems you have only pulled sources from one website. The source I included on the anti-tumoural effect in this round is more reliable than sciencedaily.com. There are in fact people whom have ditched radiation/chemo therapy and used cannabis oil instead. I included one source about a 24 year old whom ditched chemotherapy and used cannabis instead. RegulationTobacco is not really regulated by the government because tobacco companies put thousands of chemicals in cigarettes. Most of the stuff in cigarettes isn't even tobacco in the first place! Legalizing marijuana would not increase usage. USA has one of the highest drug usage rates even though they criminalize drugs more than any place in the world. Marijuana usage in the Netherlands for example is way lower than in USA. Geniuses that used MarijuanaClearly marijuana can't ruin someone's life if many geniuses have used marijuana casually. People like Usian Bolt, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Shakespeare and some other people have all used pot ocassionally. Health BenefitsWhile there may be downsides to marijuana, remember there are also health benefits. It has therapeutic benefits, it can treat depression, enhance creativity and etc. Sourceshttp://www.drugwarfacts.org...http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...http://www.druglibrary.org...http://www.procon.org...http://www.activistpost.com...http://www.drugabuse.gov...http://www.ranker.com...http://www.alternet.org...http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...http://wellspring-collective.com...http://www.businessinsider.com...