Marijuana abuse will never be stopped. the governments just need to legalise it.

Premise I: "People are going to do what they want."Most of Pro's claim is based in the premise that people will do what they want. His argument is that people will continue to abuse Marijuana, and therefore we must legalize it. This is a common fallacy used by many. In reality, murder, rape, and tax fraud can't be completely stopped, but they shouldn't be legal. In fact, between 1994 and 2007, deaths from drunk driving stayed around the same (1). Should we have than made drunk driving legal because people would do it either way? Leading into our second Premise...[1] http://responsibility.org...[]Premise II: False Dichotomy.Pro's whole case is based on mixing the "People do what they want" fallacy with the False Dichotomy. Basically, Pro says that because marijuana use isn't going down, we should legalize it. In other words, we either win, or give up. Clearly, Pro doesn't see the third option... Switch tactics. To move on, I have shown that Pro's case does't hold up his end o the BOP. But I will continue, and give an Argument.Argument I: Health Risks:Studies claim that it only takes 3 joints a day to have the same health risk of 20 cigarettes (2). This makes smoking Marijuana a major health concern. Consider that giving someone a prescription of just 1 joint a day is the equivalent of having them smoke 7 cigarettes a day.Other studies associate it with the spread and start of numerous other cancers. One study from the European Respiratory Journal reports that one joint a year increases the odds of lung cancer by 8%... Compared to only 7% for an entire pack of cigarettes a year (3). Cannabis, unlike most forms of treatment, is a smoking product, meaning it will produce secondhand smoke.Other issues Marijuana is associated with includes schizophrenia, as is supported by over 30 independent studies (4). Another site also links the drug to paranoia (5). These side effects are critical issues that make medical use of the drug highly irresponsible. The only benefit the drug truly has is ensuring a larger range of customers for doctors, and nothing else.The secondhand smoke from this drug alone would be disastrous, and would be an immediate threat to everyone around it. Even for recreational use, the threat to innocent people who have never touched marijuana would be extreme. Secondhand Smoke from cigarettes alone kills nearly 42,000 with heart disease and 3400 with lung cancer each year. Each year, it also causes asthma and asthma-related issues in an astounding 1,000,000+ children, or to be put it into perspective, 12.2% of all children within a whole generation (assuming the total number of unique children within an 18 year generation is 140 million [73 million current children + 4 million additions each year for 18 years.) Cigarettes also lead to between 150,000 and 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections in babies each year. ALL of these are among non-smokers a lone. The costs of managing secondhand smoke is up to $10 bn a year (6). This is only for smoking Cigarettes... At 7 cigarettes worth per joint, Marijuana legalization for recreational use could likely be insanely dangerous to people who don't even smoke the product.Addiction is also an issue. With an addiction rate of 10 - 30%, and a severe addiction rate of 9% (10). A lot of people will claim it's okay since it's not as addictive as Cigarettes. This is faulty logic, as determining if something is bad isn't based on how bad other things are.[2] http://news.bbc.co.uk...[3] http://erj.ersjournals.com...[4] http://www.schizophrenia.com...[5] http://www.cancer.org...[6] https://www.psychologytoday.com...[]Conclusion: Marijuana is a dangerous product, and should remain illegal. Pro's case does not Affirm the Resolution.