Resolved: The United States Federal Government should ban pornography in all 50 states.

A. How pornography worksPorn can be dangerously rewarding as it hijacks the brain's reward system. Pornography can cause a cycle of addiction because to simply put it, evolution has not prepares us for porn. Watching pornography can stimulate the brain's reward chemicals such as dopamine, serotonin, endorphins and etc. However, there is a severely large amount of porn on the internet and it can be accessed very easily. Your unconcious mind would view the people in pornography clips as potential mates to pass on genes. This is of course is not true of course but our unconcious mind doesn't know that. If someone gets bored of one pornography clip, they can keep finding more and more to sustain their release of reward chemicals. The problem is that it releases way too much of certain reward chemicals which can be a problem. Due to pornography releasing so many reward chemicals, it drains the brain's supply of reward chemicals at a faster rate than the brain generates reward chemicals. Because of this, your brain will release less reward chemicals in day to day activites making life seem duller. One would also end up being more "dirty-minded" to put it due to the fact that they would find reality boring and rely on porn for a release of reward chemicals. Your brain also rewires itself in a bad way. In a way, porn works in a very similair way to certain drugs such as cocaine or narcotics. Many more-addictive and dangerous drugs cause similair effects to pornography. [1+2]1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...2. http://gizmodo.com...B. Effects of pornographyThe addiction cycle I mentioned before causes a wide range of unpleasant effects. It can cause erectile dysfunction/sexual dysfunction in many. One study has shown that there has been an increasing number of sexual dysfuction rates since the internet came out. The only factor that could possibly play into this is pornography because it's unlikely other internet content could cause this. [1] Another study shows that there's a link between acadaemic scores and pornography consumption, an icnreased use of pronography consumption can lower academic scores. [2] The lower academic scores could possibly be from decreased dopamine in the brain. A release of dopamine can lead to extra motivation to do certain things. [3] A lot of dopamine is drained when watching pronography thus leading to a deprivition of motivation to do things. Less motivation would cause one to be more lazy and less hard-working to be successful in the long run. Another study shows that pronography causes in increased chance/number of sex-related crimes. [4] It may also lead to more violent attitudes (likely due to a lack of reward chemicals in the brain) [8] Pornography can also impact memory [5] as this study mentions:"Some individuals report problems during and after Internet sex engagement, such as missing sleep and forgetting appointments, which are associated with negative life consequences. One mechanism potentially leading to these kinds of problems is that sexual arousal during Internet sex might interfere with working memory (WM) capacity, resulting in a neglect of relevant environmental information and therefore disadvantageous decision making... Results contribute to the view that indicators of sexual arousal due to pornographic picture processing interfere with WM performance."Brain scans of pornography addicts also don't show positive results [6+7]. Numerous studies have shown brain scans of pornography addicts and it appears that it seems to have negative effects in the brain. It can effect stuff such as gray matter and cognitive function. It changes the brain's structure and causes addiction like mentioned earlier. Many people whom quit pornography also report positive effects such as more intense emotions and not finding life as dull as they used to. [9] 1. http://jama.jamanetwork.com...2. https://lirias.kuleuven.be...3. http://blog.idonethis.com...4. http://www.sciencedirect.com...5. http://www.sciencedirect.com...6. http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com...7. http://www.independent.co.uk...8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...9. http://yourbrainonporn.com...; C. Pornography usage and rates of porn on the internetPornography on the internet is VERY common, one can find pornography for merely anything. One study suggests that 30% of the global web traffic is pornography. [1] Two infographics shows dangerously high rates of pornography consumption [2+3]. Much of the data may possibly even be false, many could be lying about pornorgraphy consumption and not admitting to it and even so, the numbers are high. Pornography usage is becoming way too common and has negative impacts on the brain. It would be best for the government to educate people about the dangerous of pornography and possibly ban it once many people are informed of it's dangers. If we have less people watching pornography, much of society would in general be more intelligent, hard working and less depressed. Pornography is a threat and the US federal government should do what they can to prevent usage. A lot of the internet consists of porn and banning porn would "clean" the internet of such content. It would progress us as a country to lower pornography usage rates. 1. http://gadgets.ndtv.com...2. http://www.dailyinfographic.com...3. http://www.covenanteyes.com...