Marijuana should be completely legalized

A .gov website? Anti-drug propaganda? You yourself used .gov websites, which should be in relative correlation to each other. And just the fact that you think an anti drug message is propaganda is my problem. Any substance in your body, no matter how fun, should not be given to the public for the main reason that it changes the way you act. Anyway, B) I accept that the magazine is not a super reliable source, but you are ignoring the entire study soley because a magazine reported on it. Do you think they made it out of thin air? No, they're just reporting info. And if you really think a website created for women is super anti drugs, you should probably look again The article wasn't even talking about only teenagers. Most of it is about adults, and it just mentions it's also worse for teenagers. Your argument is not valid here. And these tests weren't on people that were high. They were on people that smoked on a consistent basis, and you have no information to claim that the effect wears off. And hopefully on 3 you would've gone to other pages, which subsequently talk about addiction, and while it is not addictive like cocaine is, there are many people dependent on marijuana. You have to understand, anything that deliberately changes your brain and makes new connections is not going to be something you can just brush off. You're using 1 counter study to disprove my provide articles, but there have been many studies that show it does have an affect on the brain. It is a drug, and it will essentially make your brain want more of it do to the dopamine and all that. And I'm talking consistent use. Someone who uses it once won't be affected or anything. False. Marijuana does have many chemicals. [1] (pro/con website, not biased). Pot does have chemicals, 400 total, 61 unique to pot. C) You misunderstand me. I'm trying to explain something that isn't even debatable. If you just smoke or do a little bit of pot, you become relaxed, and that's what drops crime. ALL I'm trying to say is that the marority of marijuana crimes (which are rare compared to other drugs) happen when someone takes more than they should, and the effects start changing. And when you talk about panic attacks, you generalize them. This could be anything from minority freaking out to going insane. A panic attack is a general term. And yes I know you don't have to smoke it, all I'm adding on is that the most popular way of doing it is not good for your lungs. Not cancer or anything, but something you directly inhale that way isn't good for your respiratory system. [2] It is also not debatable that something you mainly smoke is not going to effect you lungs. Ok we misunderstood each other. You're talking about people smoking for health benefits when in illness trying to make themselves feel better, whereas I'm saying no one consumes it for the health benefits such as prevention of disease, etc. D) I know about processed food. I am very against GMOs and think people should be aware of the crap they eat. But this ignorance does not justify allowing pot to be legal. A drug is a drug, and it messes with your body and your mind. And that should not be taken lightly. We have just started examining the surface of pot, and it's likely we'll only find negative consequences. In my opinion, it's a second chance to not popularize something like smoking again, and we need to seriously consider the impact of drugs becoming normalized. [1] http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org... [2]http://www.lung.org...