LSD should be legalized with restrictions

I will start this round off with my opening case while offering rebuttals to some of my adversaries claims. Let us first look at what we are discussing "We should legalize LSD with restrictions".Let us first take a look at what LSD(lysergic acid diethylamide)is composed of. "LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann in 1938 from ergotamine, a chemical derived by Arthur Stoll from ergot, a grain fungus that typically grows on rye. " - Britannica.com"Some effects of LSD are as follows*Increased blood pressure and heart rate*Dizziness*Loss of appetite*Dry mouth*Sweating*Nausea*Numbness*TremorsAnd these are just the simple effects, the main thing this drug aims to accomplish is related to what we can sense and feel. It often produces hallucinations and they can blend into what is reality for the user. Weird colors, shapes,and forms are often seen and more often than not, the user has no control over what they are doing. Rebuttal 1"LSD is nonaddictive and has a low active dose/lethal dose ratio"My adversary claims that few deaths occur because of LSD overdoses which is true. That is not the main issue with the drug. The drug itself distorts perception and most of the time leaves the user with virtually no control over his body. Often interacting with hallucinations. Where as death from an overdose may be highly unlikely, we have to look at the chain effects of this. Think about how easy this drug would be to obtain if it was legalized. Right now it is actually not that easy to come by. If it turned into a sort of new pot, and got around the streets in the same way, accident rates from driving, or just sheer mishaps would inevitably increase. Where as pot leaves you sleepy and happy most of the time, this drug actually takes control of your sensory functions. This is also often used a date rape drug, and with it being commonly accessible I would be inclined to imagine that rape rates would increase especially around the ages of 18-22. Rebuttal 2"LSD has many positive effects and few negative effects."This is just false. No other way to say that. These are just a few of the effects I pulled that this drug can have, while leaving out many others because of my character limit. PHYSICAL EFFECTSDilated pupilsHigher or lower body temperatureSweating or chills (“goose bumps”)Loss of appetiteSleeplessnessDry mouthTremorsMENTAL EFFECTSDelusionsVisual hallucinationsAn artificial sense of euphoria or certaintyDistortion of one’s sense of time and identityImpaired depth perceptionImpaired time perception, distorted perception of the size and shape of objects, movements, color, sounds, touch and the user’s own body imageSevere, terrifying thoughts and feelingsFear of losing controlPanic attacksFlashbacks, or a recurrence of the LSD trip, often without warning long after taking LSDSevere depression or psychosishttp://www.drugfreeworld.org...Rebuttal 3"LSD has plausible medical uses"He claims that this helps treat physiological disorders, and helps cancer patients die in peace.This is a horrid argument to support this drug. Just because it possibly could show signs to help people with physiological orders improve, there are a vast amount of other legal drugs that are prescribed by doctors that would offer the same function. Drugs that would not overflow into the population and serve as a date-rape drug. There is this other thing called therapy that tends to improve some patients with mental illness such as depression and anxiety. I make this argument within this context. Other drugs that are often prescribed by doctors may have bad effects and could shifted into recreational use as well. He is claiming that with proper restrictions , this would not be the case. The part that is not accounted for is the type of avenue LSD already has. Many rapist use this as a date rape drug and it is already channeling around in the party and rave scene commonly. Opening it up legally even with restrictions, will increase the circulation into the public by a high amount just because of the popularity the drug already has. http://www.addictionsearch.com...Rebuttal 4" Legalization and regulation would increase safety of users, as well as create revenue through taxation."This is the same argument for marijuana but just not logical in some ways. Basically he is saying it will produce revenue and we could tax it. Just because something could make money, does not make it a viable option to legalize. I would be willing to bet if we legalized a show like a Roman Colosseum. Where people would go in and fight to the death and we could charge people pay per costs to view this, it would make money. Just because people like to see violence and action. It shows in movie ratings. It would arguably bring in millions possibly even billions of dollars, and be a way to clear out the prison system of rapist and convicts that are sapping our tax dollars.This is a horrible idea though, just because of the legal and moral repercussions that would follow it. I could even argue this from a political perspective and show how much money it could possibly draw in. That still does not change the fact it is a bad idea. Just because something can make revenue does not mean it should be legalized. Now brief ContentionsContention 1 (Due to character limitation, I am going to summarize all my contentions into 1)Legalizing this drug would make it more available to the public even including minors with only negative side effects. This would almost be the same as alcohol and pot. When something is made legal even with restrictions it is more openly available to the public because of the different avenues in which you normally could not acquire it. This would be like the new "pot" or "beer". We all see how prevalent that is with teenagers, the only difference is this drug would actually promote rape and unwanted sex. In one of his contentions my adversary says, that this drug is not addictive. Where as it may not be addictive as alcohol or tobacco, we have to look at the social addiction that will come from it. With it being more of a party drug, and with having more access to it, the possibility that this drug will find its way as a primary party drug is very high. So where as it may not be psychically addictive, it would often follow along with peer pressure and other things teens are not equipped to handle. We all know how that goes, "take this everyone else is". As i have shown this can lead to rape and many other issues especially with it being a party drug. Even going further into this, the drug itself may bear no physical addiction like tobacco as i mentioned, but can contain mental addictions instead. Even outside of teenagers, young adults could get addicted to the other worldly feeling this drug offers, and easily get hooked on it. Some studies even show that as many as 4/10 people can become mentally addicted to this drugI could even make the stance that this could lead to secondary deaths from this drug. My adversary may say that only 1-10 deaths have ever occurred because of lsd, this is directly referring to an overdose. There is no way to gauge how many people have died in car accidents, or from just utter stupidity if they were on this. Even if it is minimal, the most logical assumption is to believe that if it is legalized, that number will increase due to a higher amount in circulation. http://www.erowid.org...http://www.drug-addiction-support.org...http://rimrock.org...In ClosingMy adversary has to meet his BOP and show that legalizing this drug is a good idea. I have shown the negative effects of this drug and urge you for the sake of our children and health not to even consider this option. The negative effects far outweigh any good it may offer.