leagalize recreational marijuana

sweet man good luck to you to! if you look at the facts marijuana is the least harmful of all drugs in comparison tobacco, alcohol, and other illicit drugs cause well into the hundred thousands deaths per year while marijuana deaths are non existent in a recent study the american deaths to drugs were as followed: tabaco.....400,000 acohol.....100,000 all legal drugs......20,000 caffine.......2,000 asprin........500 marijuana.....0 If you look at the facts above you'll see that alone to of the most abused drugs are also two of the most accessible and are the two that cause the most deaths of american per year. secondly the myths that surround marijuana myth one: marijuana leads to other drug use this is simply not true while it is true that marijuana is the most popular drug in america and therefore most likely those who have used other drugs such as LSD, meth, coke, and heroine have most likely used marijuana at some point the vast majority of users have not in other words marijuana is not a gate way drug, rather it is a "Terminus" drug myth two: marijuana causes mental illness it is true that some of the side effects of marijuana use are panic, anxiety, and paranoia. these effects are only temporary and contrary to popular belief will not last for ever, In fact marijuana can help treat mental illnesses such as distress, anorexia and other eating disorders, adhd, distress. A study conducted in Germany showed that marijuana "offset cognitive declines in schizophrenic patients." myth three: marijuana causes cancer this is simply untrue according to several longitudinal studies shown that marijuana use by way of smoking does not lead to to higher risks of cancer in subjects. including tobacco related cancer and cancer of the colorectal lung melanoma prostate breast cervix in a 2009 population-based study doctors found that it moderate smoking over a 20 year period actually reduces the risk for head and neck cancer. in a 5 year population based study it was concluded that heavy smoking doe not lead to or is associated with lung cancer or UAT (upper aerodigesitve tract) cancer. myth four: marijuana causes long term cognitive impairment The short term effects of marijuana do include changes in thought, mood and perception but long term effects show no such changes, these effects will only last for the duration of the "high". there is no evidence that concludes that even long term heavy marijuana use causes impaired memory and cognitive functions. source http://www.drugpolicy.org... take power away from the drug cartels in a recent documentary by vice that highlighted the war on drugs and the Mexican cartels that profited off it concluded that our policies here in America effect Mexico, the main drug used in america is marijuana, a good portion of that comes from Mexican drug cartels and so far The war on drugs is bloody and unnecessary one.In the past year alone the death toll of persons killed at the hands of the cartels was 34,612 innocent men, women and children. The efforts by law enforcement while noble are also futile. The only way to stop these cartel "killing machines" is to beat them at their own game. This would mean the legalization and regulation of marijuana. Cutting the Cartels main export is the only way to beat them, its time we look at legalization as a weapon to finally end the violence and save thousands of lives. p.s sorry i didn't have time to put more i will further defend my arguments in the next round