Marijuana should not be legalized

The long term effects of using Marijuana is upper respitory problems," //however, a recent case-controlled study found no positive associations between marijuana use and lung, upper respiratory, or upper digestive tract cancers.9// From my opponent's own source, this can be found. In fact, the entire article makes evasive statements and probability arguments, where it does not show the chances of developing any effects. The only place where it touches upon negative respiratory problems against proves to be short-term, and the effects themselves are mild. Also, most of the cited negative effects are false, as evidenced by my previously named sources. http://cancer.about.com... http://www.drugpolicy.org... http://newmexicoindependent.com... http://www.drugscience.org... "immune system problems" Marijuana has been shown to actually help HIV/AIDS victims, and may possibly be the cure for cancer we've been looking for. http://www.medical-marijuana-testimonials.org... Please note that immune systems problems was not actually in my opponent's source. "and may play a roll in causing cancer." Excuse me? Again, marijuana may be the cure for cancer, not a causation of it. http://www.nowpublic.com... http://www.salem-news.com... http://www.cannabisculture.com... http://www.lewrockwell.com... http://www.alternet.org... http://answers.yahoo.com... "My opponent pointed out erlyer in round two that I only had listed short effects off marijuana. They are still side effects from the drug and can still harm some people." Scissors can harm people far worse than marijuana. Should we outlaw scissors? Your reasons as to why we should illegalize marijuana are faulty. "Marijuana is good for treating anxiety disorder but there is a drug called Lexapro(excitalopram oxalate) which does the same as marijuana would do. Why would we need to legalize marijuana when we already have drugs to treat illments that marijuana can treat?" Your reasoning is faulty because of three things. 1)Marijuana does not include the side effects of Lexapro, which can be dangerous. Some side effects include suicidal thoughts for Lexapro. http://depression.emedtv.com... 2)Marijuana is better than Lexapro. As noted before, marijuana can cure and aid many diseases/depressions/etc. 3)The reasoning that just because something isn't as good as another, it should be illegalized, is idiotic at best, and corrupt at worse. It leaves no room for market nor competitiveness. Also, some people may be allergic to Lexapro. "Schedule I drugs have a high tendency for abuse and have no accepted medical use. This drug has a high tendency to be abused even by medical users, as any other proscription drugs it would add to the amount of quote "Frequent flyers" that come to a doctors offices and emergency rooms just to get the drug." How this applies to marijuana I don't know. Marijuana is not addictive, as evidenced by my previous sources. http://www.drugpolicy.org... Medical use, I don't even need to cite anything. Besides, my opponent already conceded that marijuana is an anti-depressant. Also, I think this particular argument was plagiarized. "I would like to point out to the voters of this debate that my opponent has yet to post why marijuana should be legalized. He keeps saying that my argument wont hold. He has yet to persuade me on why it should be used as a medical treatment. The whole spew of how my argument has no meaning may be true but can you expect the readers to vote for my opponent if they know no facts on why it would be a good drug? I urge all readers to vote for pro due to the fact that my opponent has given little fact to the effectiveness of marijuana as a medical drug." I don't need to, simply because the BoP was on you. If you had problems before, you should've let me know beforehand. Anyways, you asserted a claim, and, as Con, all I had to do was debase/invalidate it. Nothing more, as you hold the BoP. Resolution negated.