Medical Marijuana

====================================================== Rebuttals to Rebuttals to Rebuttals and Rebuttals to Rebuttals to my arguments ====================================================== [QUOTE] And that is the user's choice. None of these other 'hazardous' chemicals have ever been proved to be harmful whatsoever. I ask my opponent to source his claims to relevant studies. [/QUOTE] Yes, it is the user's choice and it is also a choice that most users regret later. Not all users regret it but the majority of users do and the majority is a bigger number than the minority. I know this from experience so I guess I will use myself as a source. I use to smoke marijuana with some friends about a couple of years ago and it was amazing at first however, I quit because I realized how it was affecting me. My reaction time was slower, I was craving food constantly. I would eat about $60.00 worth of food a day. I didn't use marijuana that much at first but then the addiction started to get worse and worse. I was constantly craving it and I would be stoned at least 15 hours a day if not longer and not only me, but my friends as well. [QUOTE] There are some very serious problems with my opponent's arguments. (S)He has refused to show how studies contradict his statement. [/QUOTE] I gave sources in my last round.... [QUOTE] No, they don't. However, as noted in my fifth and sixth arguments, which you tried to hide away [/QUOTE] I didn't try to hide anything, you talk about how people should have choices, it was my choice not to respond to your sixth argument during the last round but I did respond to your fifth argument. [QUOTE] I noted that it was the user's choice, and that the government should have no say in what you can and cannot consume. If you want to eat very greasy food, go right ahead. If you want to smoke marijuana or inject yourself with heroin, go ahead. And if you want to consume rat poison for breakfast, who am I to stop you? Your point? Opium and heroin ought to be legal for the simple reason that it is not the government's role to tell you what to consume. If it is harmful, then the consequences are upon you, and you alone. legalizing marijuana will lower crime rates. [/QUOTE] My opponent is technically saying that if you have kids and/or pets that depend on you and you decide to get really drunk, smoke marijuana, and/or inject heroin and you beat, rape, and/or kill your kids and/or pets, it's alright because it's your choice. Stuff like this WON'T ALWAYS happen but it's bad enough without marijuana and other drugs being legal whereas being legal will probably make it worse. It's better to be safe than sorry. My point is that it's not only harmful to you, but also to other people and pets around you. The government isn't telling you that you can't, they are telling you that it's against the law. You still have the ability, so technically you still can even though you shouldn't. [QUOTE] Might I also add that tobacco and alcohol, while infinitely more harmful to the user than marijuana, are still legal? [/QUOTE Exactly, which is why tobacco and alcohol should also be illegal! [QUOTE] Why should marijuana be illegal, when it actually provides benefits to the user? [/QUOTE] I already gave some reasons in my last round however, I will give a few more in this round. Marinol is taken orally, thereby eliminating exposure to other chemicals found in marijuana. Once it reaches peak levels in the blood, Marinol stays fairly steady and lasts twice as long as marijuana therefore medical marijuana wouldn't be needed. [QUOTE] This wouldn't be a proper replacement for marijuana at all. The criminals would only get harder to catch, and the citations wouldn't be as nearly as good a revenue as it would should marijuana be legalized and taxed. [/QUOTE] I don't want my taxes to go to drugs. This would actually make users have less money because of taxes. The government would get richer while the pot heads would get poorer. [QUOTE] If ANYONE can't consume edible food within a certain amount of time, they will die. That's just common sense, and applies to everything, really. [/QUOTE True, however marijuana speeds up the process where you get hungry more often where you have to spend more money on food and marijuana. [QUOTE] Voters, take note that my opponent dropped contention 6. [/QUOTE] Voters, take note that my opponent was talking about how we should have choices and I chose to drop it during that round but it got responded indirectly in this round. I think it's ridiculous that my opponent pointed this out because if you took the time to read the previous posts from the other rounds you would know this. Voters, please read over and analyze the debate before making your decision to vote. I'm not going to vote for myself unless my opponent votes for himself. If he votes for himself, I will vote for myself to make it fair. I await my opponent's final response wish both of us luck. ======== SOURCES ======== Myself Common Sense http://dying.about.com...