The legalization of LSD

Sorry for round 3, audience. I accidentally posted an incomplete argument!!! I'll respond to my opponent's rebuttals this time. Hopefully I wont post an incomplete one again! Again, my opponent hasn't responded to my counter-arguments in the round 2, so we will assume again that: a. LSD is NOT useful for psycho therapy and alcoholism. b. LSD canNOT cure headaches. c. LSD canNOT release pain. Rebuttal 1: LSD causes major damage to the user's emotions. What you say is true in most places, but you focus on the amount of deaths that happen from bullying. At the end, you say "I haven't heard of anyone committing suicide from LSD from the sources I have read." In one of your sources in round 2, it quotes "... Most LSD deaths are a result of behavioral toxicity." [1] and also "LSD may temporarily impair the ability to make sensible judgments and understand common dangers, thus making the user more susceptible to accidents and personal injury and cause signs of organic brain damage-impaired memory and attention span, mental confusion or difficulty with abstract thinking." [1] To make these quotes more clear to the audience and my opponent, these say that most LSD deaths are a result of behavioral toxicity. Behavioral toxicity is basically a behavior change in an individual. Also, from the behavioral toxicity, it causes the user to be unaware of the dangers around him, such as a busy street, and may cause death or serious injury. Also, look back at reason 2 from round 2. The short term effects describe the behavioral toxicity that happens from LSD. Rebuttal 2: The effects of LSD are unpredictable. I have not contradicted myself. Even though I have listed the effects from LSD, I have said "Users of LSD MAY feel mood swings...", "In SOME individuals..." The effects are not always constant and you may not be prepared for them. Rebuttal 3: People can abuse this drug dangerously. I think that this was my opponent's strongest rebuttal. Nice job Vincent! "... Should we also make sleeping pills illegal? On April 12, 1987, Mike Von Erich—a famous professional wrestler left a suicide note for his family, then went to Lake Dallas, where he overdosed on the sleeping pill Placidyl and alcohol." Why haven't sleeping pills been illegalized? If you were in Mike's case, wanting to suicide, there are so many options. You could hang yourself (Should rope be illegalized?), or you could stab yourself with a knife in the kitchen (Should knives be illegalized?). Are you saying that we should illegalize everything that can be used as a suicide weapon? You say that "It estimates that a lethal overdose would have to be between 200 mg to 1000 mg which is unheard of in the medical books so far." The medical books aren't talking about the doses taken in the streets, high schools, or colleges! You can't claim that nobody has taking a dose of 200 mg or higher. In one of your sources in round 2 again, it says that "Typical doses in the 1960s ranged from 200 to 1000 ï¿½g while street samples of the 1970s contained 30 to 300 ï¿½g." [1] This proves that the medical books dont show every dose that people take on, for example, the streets. And responding to what you say "Currently LSD is not known to cause brain damage—so I don't know where Con came up with that conclusion in his 3rd argument." Obviously getting a lethal dosage can not only hurt your brain, but make it stop all together. Sources: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org... Audience- What is said in rounds 2, 3, and 4 tell us that: a. LSD causes major damage to the user's emotions. b. The effects of LSD are unpredictable. c. People can abuse this drug dangerously. d. LSD is not useful for psycho therapy and alcoholism. e. LSD cannot cure headaches. f. LSD cannot release pain. Do these reasons tell you that LSD should be legalized or illegalized? I urge you to vote for Con on this debate because my opponent hasn't responded to my reasons in round 2, and I responded to everything that the Pro argued against me. In conclusion, Pastafarian- you are a great opponent too! I really enjoyed debating with you and I hope we can do more debates like these. However, I will remember to not accidentally post my arguments incomplete next time!!! Thank you for your patience in reading all of this audience! I know that this was a long debate (maybe this is normal size? Again, this is my first debate!)!