Topic: We should legalize cannabis

Argument: Legalizing marijuana would benefit the black market / drug cartels since the prices charged by state-licensed sellers can easily be undercut by cartels.

Argument: Legalizing marijuana would end the costly enforcement of marijuana laws and free up police resources which could focus on more serious crimes.

Argument: Legalizing marijuana would increase its use by teens. Marijuana is especially dangerous for young people, because their brains are not fully developed.

Argument: Legalizing marijuana would lead to a reduction in gang-related drug violence.

Argument: Legalizing marijuana would lead to an increased incidence of marijuana addiction.

Argument: legalizing marijuana would put one more harmful substance in our society

Argument: legalizing recreational marijuana will add billions to the economy, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and save limited police resources

Argument: making it legal would just lead to worse drug usage

Argument: many people misuse drugs and until we know that there are no harmful side effects it is better to prevent it's use

Argument: marijuana harms the brain and any amount of cannabis use may increase the risk of developing mental health problems

Argument: marijuana has numerous proven medical benefits.

Argument: Marijuana has proven medical benefits for patients suffering from diseases such as cancer, AIDS, and glaucoma.

Argument: Marijuana is part of drug culture so using it leads to other, much more dangerous drug use.

Argument: Marijuana use can lead to the use of harder, more harmful drugs such as heroin and cocaine.

Argument: marijuana use harms more than just the person using the drug and societal costs of marijuana would outweigh its tax revenues

Argument: Marijuana-related traffic accidents and deaths would increase if marijuana was legalized.

Argument: our tax dollars are wasted on criminalizing the possession and use of cannabis when they could spent on more serious crimes.

Argument: people have the right to live their lives in any way they choose and the government doesn't have the right to tell adults what they can put in their own bodies

Argument: people should be able to decide themselves if they want to use it

Argument: people should be allowed to decide whether to use cannabis themselves.

Argument: people use it anyway and it has many health benefits.

Argument: recreational weed will increase dui incidents

Argument: richard nixon scheduled cannabis along with harder drugs in order to disenfranchise voters who would oppose him. cannabis has equivalent harms to alcohol. therefore it should be legalized and regulated.

Argument: sale of cannabis should not be legalized because it is a dangerous drug with known risks and adverse effects

Argument: scientific studies have shown that cannabis is safe as a recreational drug

Argument: smoking cannabis at a young age can disrupt the natural growth of the brain

Argument: smoking cannabis causes unknown brain damage and can have effects lasting years after the last time it was smoked. people using cannabis are more likely to have mental health problems.