Cannabis
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Cannabis
Why to decriminalize cannabis?
more and more people are using it, so there is no point to control something that is uncontrollable
it is as dangerous and sometimes with even with less consequences then alcohol and tobacco
it is better to give a person a ticket for possession rather then destroying their life by sending them to jail
pure cannabis is not proven to be addictive or harmful to a person, they just have more tar then cigarettes
Why to have cannabis illegal?
in 1999 29% of students form grades 7 to 13 in Ontario admitted smoking cannabis at some time in their lives, compared with 13% in 1993. We should try to make cannabis illegal so our kids would not get addictive
experts report that marijuana is 50% more cancer causing then ordinary cigarettes
Why to have cannabis legal?
the percentage of students using marijuana is the same percentage as students using cigarettes, about 20 percent, and alcohol is over 60 percent, why not then make alcohol and tobacco illegal to, because they are as dangerous an cannabis
most of the people who use the narcotic use it to relieve stress, or just for fun, the popular stereotype is that people use it to fit in, but its actually not true
in the Netherlands people can buy as much as 5 grams of marijuana in a coffee shop. The murder rate in the Netherlands is 1.81% per 100,000 people, 14% smaller than in the U.S, and it also has a smaller homicide rate than Canadian rate.
All of these reasons show that marijuana will not increase the crime rate so why not legalize it when it is as dangerous as other drugs, like alcohol and tobacco
I think that cannabis should never be legal just because it can cause general health problems, like cancer and for heavy users sometime loss of brain cells, just like any other drugs should be kept illegal like alcohol because it can cause loss of brain cells when constantly binge drinking. But cigarettes are also bad for the body because they also carry the same health risks that
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