Topic: We should legalize cannabis

Argument: cannabis is safer than alcohol, there's no overdosing and driving while high is less likely to cause an accident than driving drunk. there's no reason for it to be illegal.

Argument: cannabis is seen as a gateway to other more harmful drugs and shown to have harmful effects to mental health and should, therefore, be banned.

Argument: cannabis is seen by many as a gateway drug, namely that using cannabis results in a much higher chance of users moving on to harder drugs such as opioids or even heroin and cocaine

Argument: cannabis is the last hope for many people with chronic pain, and it is way safer than many prescription drugs.

Argument: cannabis is useful in helping people with mental and physical diseases and legalizing it would make it easier for them to acquire it.

Argument: cannabis leads on to much harder drugs and addiction

Argument: cannabis legalization could be a lucrative source of revenue

Argument: Cannabis legalization would make our roads more dangerous.

Argument: cannabis might encourage young people to use illegal drugs also

Argument: cannabis provides an introduction to more addictive drugs and can cause mental illness and so should not be legalized

Argument: cannabis should be banned because it is a gateway drug to other harder drugs that are mind altering.

Argument: cannabis should be legalised because this would allow the police to focus on much greater crimes that currently don't get enough time dedicated to them since officers have to deal with cannabis offences instead

Argument: cannabis should be legalized as it can be beneficial to use cannabis for certain medial conditions.

Argument: cannabis should be legalized as it has been medically proved to be a beneficial pain management treatment for people who may not have direct access to a physician.

Argument: cannabis should be legalized as there it is less addictive than other drugs including smoking and alcohol and does not result in the destructive behaviors associated with them.

Argument: cannabis should be legalized because it is a natural creation of the earth and no one has the right to deny others the opportunity to put into their bodies what they believe benefits them

Argument: cannabis should be legalized because it's just a plant and making a plant illegal is just weird.

Argument: cannabis should be legalized just for the tax revenue alone. it is widely used and safer than alcohol or tobacco. let's make money and make it legal now.

Argument: cannabis should not be legalized because it is a gateway drug to harder substance abuse.

Argument: cannabis should remain illegal as it can have bad affects on a persons health.

Argument: Cannabis use has been shown to adversely affect the brains of users. This has been proven by brain scans.

Argument: cannabis use leads to the use of other drugs.

Argument: cannabis will lead to the use of hard drugs which will increase crime

Argument: cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption causes more damage to people than cannabis smoking does and they are both legal

Argument: due to so much controversy and contraband of this substance, it would save many deaths