Cannabis

"The so called mania cannabis causes might not be entirely true. Many intelligent and influencial people whom used marijuana never experienced any of these symptoms." This statement is logically incorrect. It states that cannabis may not cause mania because "intelligent and influencial people" used it. This is just as illogical as someone claiming the arctic isn't warming because it is cold. Just because the arctic is still cold and the people who take marijuana don't suffer from mania, doesn't mean that the arctic isn't warming and marijuana users don't suffer from increase mania. Quote-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. -end quote I agree with my opponent that a study of 20 users isn't enough. I believe more research should be done on the effects of marijuana in the brain. But for the time being, this study gives ample warning that marijuana could be very harmful for the brain. "The gateway drug myth has been debunked several times. Alcohol is more of a gateway drug than marijuana. " This comment contradicts itself, he claims that marijuana isn't a gateway drug then he claims alcohol is more of a gateway drugs than marijuana. I have shown evidence that marijuana increases impulsive behaviors thus is a gateway drug. http://www.sciencedaily.com... Quote-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.-end quote. My opponent has claimed that my source was unreliable. Sciencedaily.com is a news site for recent scientific studies, the info on the site is from actual studies. For instance an International team of immunologists led by Dr Prakash Nagarkatti from the University of South Carolina research why marijuana may cause a person to be successable to 'certain' cancer and infections. In addition specialists at St George's, University of London found that the most effective way to treat cancer tumors was certain marijuana compounds alongside radiotherapy treatment. http://www.sciencedaily.com... http://www.sciencedaily.com... "Tobacco is not really regulated by the government because tobacco companies put thousands of chemicals in cigarettes." This statement is wrong since there are significant government regulations on tobacco. http://publichealthlawcenter.org... "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." The US isn't the Netherlands. Lower drug rates aren't the only thing Netherland has lower than the US, they also have a 5 times lower homicide rate. Clearly the two have a lot more different than just a drug policy causing these differences. http://www.drugwarfacts.org... "Clearly 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. " This statement makes a great error, it assumes that if some people use it and don't have their lives ruined then it can't ruin lives. That I like me saying that Person A, B and C, survived getting shot in the head, so getting shot in the head can't kill you. "While there may be downsides to marijuana, remember there are also health benefits. It... enhance creativity..." Research by Leiden psychologists Lorenza Colzato and Mikael Kowal shows that the opposite is true. http://www.sciencedaily.com...