Marijuana should be legalized

This is a concluding statement which i will summarize my arguments and debunk some points my opponent makes to counter me. One thing i will say is that i agree with Con that taking dangerous stuff in your life should be avoided, I have not ever smoked any drugs and i have never drank before however some people choose different life choices, Why should we outlaw different life choices? Should we ban Gay marriage? Sources indicate that having anal sex causes more STD's in fact having sex at all can cause STD's a health problem, And health is Con's only argument against the legalization of marijuana so should we ban sex? . He still fails as too why certain things that are bad to us are legal and some aren't and i make the point that marijuana is safer than alcohol or cigarettes which i send sources on other link's earlier in this debate. To make it easier for Con i know of a unbiased health video which looks at the data and "Should Marijuana be legal"? This video shows why marijuana is less harmful than the drugs already legal which is what Con wanted since he said my points aren't valid until it is so here it is. Next Con doesn't seem to be afraid of people drinking yet as i showed it has less health benefits than marijuana . http://www.businessinsider.com... Where as alcohol has NONE, zip benefits to health and yet millions of people drink regulatory and responsibly. Con has failed to show that alcohol which can cause serious effects ought be banned but marijuana which has health benefits and people can use responsibly like alcohol ought be kept illegal. Here is something comparing alcohol to marijuana . http://www.mpp.org... But yet NO ONE is calling for making alcohol illegal, and im pretty sure the millions if not billions of people who use alcohol aren't criminals? Or, according to con "maybe they should? ". Now im betting the only thing Con can say which he hinted at earlier is that, Why not ban every single drug? i can say lets ban junk food with that logic but i wont. Instead i will note that we tried banning alcohol before. .. AND IT BACKFIRED. So as we don't learn from the past, the prohibition or the modern day "war on drugs" is giving us the same effects as prohibition. Here are some links showing why going after marijuana is doing more harm than good. . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... . http://www.patheos.com... . http://www.pbs.org... Now Con has still failed to show why millions of innocent people should be locked up for many years of there life, They broke a law? They might of hurt themselves? (even though marijuana might even help them) and if they take marijuana we will throw them into prison where there health will really get worse (So much for the health argument Con brought up). Also Con has failed to show arguments against why the mere health or "Dangers" of it which i have shown to be little to almost none should be outlawed, Why should health be a factor to it? and further he needs to provide why certain acts of freedom need to be suppressed in this society. As i have shown the criminal hunt for marijuana users has done more damage to society than weed has in general and Con has said that people sacrifice freedoms in order to live in a society because there behavior causes a determent to that society but now with data showing how it is worse to go on with this "Drug war" than to just make it legal the question shows. Why should we keep keeping this drug illegal? . Plus Con has to show why freedom is less relevant than the mere health of society. Some libertarians argue that freedom is the most important thing and that the only thing the government is there for is to maintain order and that's it. Why not go after that political philosophy, what is so bad about it? Con needs to show why that certain political view point shouldn't be followed. Now he is arguing that it is fair to lock up people for doing a victim less crime (Which he needs to provide why we need to keep victim less crimes illegal) Prisoners are there to keep people who will harm other people and keep them from acting on it again, it is not there to put people there just because they decided to do something to their own body. Now the logic Con brings up is that it was illegal and since they broke the law they deserve to be thrown in prisons, This holds the assumption that anything done against the law is immoral this is a dangerous philosophy known as "Legalism" which permits governments to do what they want to the people basically and Con needs to show why doing things against the law justifies putting them in prison. What if freedom of speech is outlawed? can you protest? or do you just let the government do what they want to you. To summarize what i think should happen. Marijuana should be legal, regulated and taxed just like the drugs that are already legal. It will be put under the same restrictions as the drugs already are, (18+, No Smoking while driving, etc). Legalize Marijuana and Vote Pro for freedom and a common sense and better way to tackle drug use. "The number one tool to fix something is education" Common sense education and help centers are how we are going to defeat this drug problem!