cannabis should be legalized.

Purpose of Laws in a representative democracy: I guess we will just agree to disagree on the fact that majority should always rule. "He does not deny that "Using marijuana is known to cause hallucinations, delusions, impaired memory, disorientation. "" No, I do not deny that, but you word these strangely. Mainly hallucinations, because they are very mild. You act like you will go on a trip after smoking weed. I could not find an reports, or websites saying that cannabis cause actual hallucinations. It can cause slight hallucinations in some people. Couldn't find anything on delusions on either side. Impaired memory is temporary. Again couldn't find anything on disorientation on either side. "He does not deny that "A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia"" No. At the time I did not have enough time to research all of those. I will now deny a definite link between schizophrenia and cannabis. some studies show a link, but the link may be that schizophrenia patients like cannabis. Not that cannabis users are more likely to develop schizophrenia. Also CBD (Cannabidiol) is effective in the treatment of schizophrenia. [3][1] Again, lot's of discussion over anxiety. Craig Reinarman did a study, and it showed that "It was used to relieve pain, muscle spasms, headaches, anxiety" and many others. [2] Depression is false. "moderately effective in the treatment of depression" "Other studies state that cannabis or cannabinoids are useful in treating. .. depression"[2] "Most people would agree that hallucinations, delusions, impaired memory, disorientation, mental addiction, increased rates of anxiety, increased rates of depression, and increased rates of schizophrenia are harmful. " yes but most would agree that cannabis does not cause most of these. "If a child causes havoc no matter how many times he is punished, does this mean that the parent should stop punishing him altogether? No. The smart parent would increase the severity of the punishment. According to my opponent, something harmful should be left alone because it is too difficult to stop it. " Again flawed analogy from the ground up. A better analogy would have been "if a child likes to play call of duty, and then you lock him in a closet for a couple hours. Then he decides to play call of duty again later after every time you lock him in the closet, should you stop locking him in the closet for a couple hours? " I would say yes, or try a different approach to stopping him from playing. (not saying this is his position, but in this analogy this would be) my opponent would say to take a more severe approach to trying to stop the child. "According to my opponent, something harmful should be left alone because it is too difficult to stop it. " no, stop putting words in my mouth. My position on the matter is that if you are trying to keep something illegal that is doing no harm to anyone else other than the person (possibly) then you might want to at least try to make it legal. "Here, my opponent makes a contradiction. First, my opponent admits that he is a teenager and also a "casual cannabis user". He also says that marijuana smokers "can both benefit and be happy. " Then why does he believe that marijuana should be legalized because it would "keep it out of the hands of teenagers. " So, he, as a teenager, is saying that teenagers should stay away from marijuana. Now, why would he say such a thing? Unless, of course, he has found harm in using marijuana himself. And if he believes users will "benefit and be happy", why does he believe it a benefit to keep marijuana away from teenagers? " I see how you could think that, but we have not discussed the effects of cannabis on children and teenagers. Just like driving is good for adults because they have easy transportation, but bad for kids for obvious reasons. I believe that cannabis should stay illegal for minors until further studies are preformed to see if cannabis has effects on development. "My opponent agrees with my first argument except the paranoia part. " not anymore obviously sources: [1]. http://www.time.com... [2]. http://en.wikipedia.org... [3]. http://en.wikipedia.org...