Marijuana should be legalized

1. Marijuana is a gateway Whether or not its a gateway is up to the person that takes it since there are no addictive properties. People are curious creatures by nature so its safe to say if people want to try one drug they are going to try another regardless of which one they start with. Since there are no addictive properties in marijuana it is peoples curiosity that pushes them to try other drugs the same curiosity that drove them to try marijuana. 2. Marijuana has bad health effects I have refuted and proven there are no negative health effects in every post. It relieves headaches, nausea, pain, and its far more pure than any prescription drug humans make. You say we cannot link marijuana and fast food but it was used as a method of comparing negative health effects. Marijuana has far less than fast food. Yes it does distort you perception but when used responsibly there is nothing wrong with that. It distorts far less than alcohol which is legal. The vast majority of people that use marijuana never get into any trouble unless they drive because it is a drug that puts one into a calm state. Hence the slow hippy ish type behavior seen as typical. While it does distort it does not inhibit ones perception of right and wrong no matter how much they use but that is not the case with alcohol. I am speaking from a lifetime of experience growing up around people that used marijuana on a regular basis. If marijuana is so unhealthy why is it used in over 230 illnesses the vast majority of which are not terminal or severe. You claim that it causes direct harm to oneself but 1. What people put in their own body is none of anyones business 2. No one should be able to use it in a public setting where people who don't want to be around it might be unless the establishment has deemed its use on the property acceptable much like a bar allows cigarettes. Someone smoking marijuana in their home isn't going to affect someone outside the home. The users of marijuana have seen the benefits and choose the drug because of the lack of health side effects. They have not proven any negative health effects. There hasn't been anyone that came forward saying "Marijuana ruined my health!" There are healing properties in the drug some of which believed to cure cancer hence the billions being spent studying it for a cure! There are reports of people diagnosed with a tumor in their brain and went through every option only to have them fail. But then they tried a hemp oil and their tumor started to decrease, it saved their lives when the prescription meds failed them. I provided these testimonials in previous videos. These are ordinary people that can see the potentials of one of the worlds most natural drugs. 3. Use of Marijuana is immoral You said it yourself third hand smoke is a term used to describe the particles and gases that are left over after a CIGARETTE is extinguished. All three of the links ive provided say absolutely nothing about marijuana. Third hand smokes seems to pertain specifically to cigarettes which as we all know is pumped full of harmful chemicals while marijuana is not. Basically the butterfly effect is useless by your own statement. Wouldn't be able to use it in court http://lungcancer.about.com... http://www.scientificamerican.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... 4. Legalization would increase the number of children having access to it Whether it was somewhat of a success since they deemed it not to be effective enough to keep in effect. All the evidence I provided in previous rounds have proven the opposite to be true on drug consumption hence all the politics and law enforcement trying to do away with prohibition. You claim that Portugal has had an increase in crimes but provided no evidence other than your claim. You should actually watch all these videos they are very educational. There are many more if you want to see them. http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... (kid uses marijuana to help breathing disorder) http://www.youtube.com... At least watch the last two. 5. Drug related arrest benefit society Watch the videos 6. Legalization of marijuana will lead to the legalization of other drugs Again the evidence I have provided has proven otherwise and if need be I can provide many more.