Legalized Marijuana [Julmoo vs AlexanderSextus] ---- {closed}

[julmoo]

Julmoo con
AlexanderSextus pro

I'm against Marijuhana because I think it is bad for the health and also it will cause that a lot of more people will become addicted.

(more arguments come later)

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Link to Commentary Thread.

[AlexanderSextus]

Substantial research exists regarding marijuana and addiction. While the scientific community has yet to achieve full consensus on this matter, the majority of epidemiological and animal data demonstrate that the reinforcing properties of marijuana in humans is low in comparison to other drugs of abuse, including alcohol and nicotine. According to the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM), fewer than one in 10 marijuana smokers become regular users of the drug, and most voluntary cease their use after 34 years of age. By comparison, 15 percent of alcohol consumers and 32 percent of tobacco smokers exhibit symptoms of drug dependence. According to the IOM, observable cannabis withdrawal symptoms are rare and have only been identified under unique patient settings. These remain limited to adolescents in treatment facilities for substance abuse problems, and in a research setting where subjects were given marijuana or THC daily. Compared with the profound physical syndrome of alcohol or heroin withdrawal, marijuana-related withdrawal symptoms are mild and subtle. Symptoms may include restlessness, irritability, mild agitation and sleep disruption. However, for the overwhelming majority of marijuana smokers, these symptoms are not severe enough to re-initiate their use of cannabis. (Source: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3418#question6)


Health risks connected with drug use -- when scientifically documented -- should not be seen as legitimate reasons for criminal prohibition, but instead, as reasons for legal regulation. Specific to cannabis, if studies demonstrate that those "who first used marijuana before age 12 [are] twice as likely as adults who first used marijuana at age 18 or older to be classified as having serious mental illness,"14 then this is an argument in favor of legally regulating cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol, so that better safeguards may be enacted restricting adolescents from legal access to it. 15 These concerns, however, do not support criminally prohibiting the responsible use of the cannabis by adults any more than fears regarding the abuse of alcohol by a minority of teenagers support a blanket prohibition on the use of beer by adults.

In addition, if as some suggest, "as many as one in four people may have a genetic profile that makes marijuana five times more likely to trigger psychotic disorders," 16 this claim is yet another argument in favor of regulation. If there does exist a minority population of citizens who may be genetically prone to potential harms from cannabis (such as, possibly, those predisposed to schizophrenia), then a regulated system would best identify and educate this sub-population to pot's potential risks so that they may refrain from its use, if they so choose.

To draw a real world comparison, millions of Americans safely use ibuprofen as an effective pain reliever. However, among a minority of the population who suffer from liver and kidney problems, ibuprofen presents a legitimate and substantial health risk. However, this fact no more calls for the criminalization of ibuprofen among adults than do these latest allegations, even if true, call for the current prohibition of cannabis.

(source:http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6798#regulation)

If anyone questions my use of NORML as a source, i can use other sources as well.

[AlexanderSextus]

he hasnt said anything back. I guess it's kinda hard to argue with science.

[julmoo]

he hasnt said anything back. I guess it's kinda hard to argue with science.

you fool! I'm a girl!

And I'm only in 10th grade, do you think I know that much about marijuana?

[AlexanderSextus]

how was i supposed to know if you were a girl? kinda surprised actually because i dont know many girls that like Total War games.


um....are you gonna try to support your position? honestly the facts seem to indicate that marijuana is really not as bad as they make it seem. The Office of Natl. Drug Control Policy frequently has to lie to the public in order to maintain it's stance on marijuana.

[julmoo]

lol you could have checked my profile...and I never heard of Total War games, a friend did put me to this forum because I annoyed him with my history discussiouns

and: no, I don't think so...right now I have other things in mind than marijuana

lol what I've been wondering though:
Why did you choose me for this debate? lol

[AlexanderSextus]

because you had "pot is for losers" as one of ur usersigs. As a person who uses pot for medical as well as recreational purposes, i felt obligated to disprove that statement.

[julmoo]

because you had "pot is for losers" as one of ur usersigs. As a person who uses pot for medical as well as recreational purposes, i felt obligated to disprove that statement.

I actually meant junkies not people who use it in medical things or just once every 100 years

[Каие]

This debate has gone a little haywire, I'll have to close it now. If you feel that it should be re opened, feel free PM me about it.

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