The legalization of Marijuana in the United States would promote a strong economy.

1. Okay. I see what you mean by figure 11 now. In the table of contents, "figure 11" is basically like chapter 11. The figure 11 in the table of contents contains figure 8. This is kind of oddly set up. ANYWAYS, these attacks have increased, BUT this is only true due to the fact that Marijuana is illegal. If Marijuana was legal, there would be no "smugglers"; there would be no reason to attack border patrol officers for they would not fear being caught. ANYHOW, this debate is on how Marijuana would promote a strong economy, not how dangerous it is while it is illegal. 2. "No, these numbers are correct and also relevant due to the fact that these are real numbers recorded by a country where marijuana is legal for consumers and not just medical. Do you have a source available for the information above? Because once again this is just speculation and estimates, i provide actual numbers from a country where it is actually legal. " I provided the source? Maybe you skipped over it. It's at the end. That's what the [1] corresponds to. 3. "http://www.cigoutlet.net...... (you can buy cigarettes online in case you were wondering)" Exactly. You can buy cigarettes online, and you would be able to buy Marijuana online. They would STILL be taxed in the same manner.. 4. "As far as I know you are only able to obtain marijuana from drug dealers, but please enlighten me on who else is affiliated with it." You didn't say DRUG DEALERS, you said GANG MEMBERS. Here is what you stated.. "Gang violence related to the distribution of marijuana as I stated in #1." 5. "Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug among youth in the United States" AH, now this can be VERY misleading... What it says is that Marijuana is THE MOST COMMONLY USED ILLICIT DRUG among youth in the United States. What is DOESN'T say is that Marijuana is most commonly used among the youth in the United States. So this has not relevance. If it IS the most commonly used drug among the youth, it has no relevance to how it would affect the economy. **Because of this "setup statement", if you will, being totally misread, the rest of this argument is void. 6. "You claimed that marijuana sales would flourish like tobacco and alcohol sales. This is false as I said before, because Marijuana sales can not touch the sales of tobacco or alcohol alone, even if your speculation of $1.4 billion per state is true, which also depends on population, popularity and if states even pass the law to legalize it. My argument stands while you have not made any attempt to discredit my point or at least try to support your own point from round 1." I would just like to say that I said, " Not everybody would have to use Marijuana or buy Marijuana related products for the industry to flourish. The tobacco and alcohol industries flourish, and neither can boast 100% of American's behind them." The Marijuana industry may or may not be as successful as either of the industries, but it's still raking in A LOT of extra money, therefore promoting a strong economy. 7. "Can't say this is exactly a factual assertion considering it is speculation based upon the Tobacco industry. As far as my standing on this, to say that there will be 200 Americans employed will be just as good as your "factual assertion" due to the fact that it is only speculation." "Advocates and opponents do agree that California is by far the country's top pot-producing state. Last year law enforcement agencies in California seized nearly 5.3 million plants."[1] - This is ILLEGALLY JUST in the state of California. Just to run these plants, represent the Marijuana corporations, farm the crops, etc. would require at LEAST 200 employees, more than likely a lot more. Keep in mind that this is JUST California. Just to run Tobacco plants, represent Tobacco corporations, farm Tobacco crops, etc. requires 200,000 employees. [2] The trend would be VERY similar in the Marijuana industry considering that they require the same representation, amount of farming, and employees running the production facilities.. "All and all as you can tell through actual facts and numbers Marijuana sales taken from a country where it is actually legal and the sales are recorded, this would not "strongly" promote our economy or promote it anymore than Mcdonald's does. The legalization of Marijuana in the United States will have no strong or near strong promotion in our economy." Amsterdam is CONSIDERABLY smaller than we, comparing the two is like comparing Texas and Massachusetts for the number of people living in either. As this is the last round, I STRONGLY urge a Pro vote. The facts stand out. PRO. *I would like to thank my opponent for this interesting debate.. Let the best man win? [1] - http://www.cbsnews.com... [2] - http://www.corpwatch.org...