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politicomind · 01-27-07, 02:22 AM

Politicomind's Opening Statement

"Marijuana has the ability to decrease one's intellect by creating learning disabilities, anxiety, paranoia and even schitzophrenia, and it has the ability to destroy one's motivation, while also jeopardizing one's health. At the very least, marijuana makes great people average, and average people poor."

Only Negativity Comes from Use of Marijuana

Simply, no one is better off for having inhaled marijuana. To try marijuana is to open one's self up to many negative outcomes associated with this lazy man's drug: amotivational syndrome, lung cancer, schizophrenia, personality disorder, learning disabilities, and low birth weights in new borns just to name a few of the many disorders, problems, and diseases associated with inhalation of this drug.

Marijuana is more malignant than cigarette smoking

Doctors and scientists estimate that marijuana smoke is at least five to six times more cancer-causing than cigarette smoke. As the impetus of disgruntled smokers in the United States hurl lawsuits and insults at big tobacco companies, it is evident that American has no tolerance for any substance which contributes to the early demise of the American people. Morally, it is easy to judge right or wrong in terms of life and death. As cigarrettes commit a long term murder by strangling away the oxygen supply of the smoker, and slowing harvesting cancer within the user, it is easy to deem big tobacco as an amoral producer of a caustic and lethal substance, which ultimately kills its users. Just the same amount of blame could be rightly assessed upon any producer or seller of marijuana but the big marijuana producer would be assailed with five times the blame because marijuana is at least five times as malignant.

Marijuana causes mental disease such as schitzophrenia, paranoia, and anxiety

How could we willing offer to our own people a product which may contribute to their eventual affliction with schitzophrenia. For years it has marijuana usage has been linked to schitzophrenia. We as a people, knowing that there is a scientific link between usage and the disease, would be considered barbaric and moronic to give to our people that thing which would eventually corrupt and tarnish their minds. Some scientists speculate that currently that it is only a possibility that marijuana is a cause of schitzophrenia. But only the possibility is certainly enough. Why would we open ourselves up to even the potential that millions of people would progress into developing an extremely undesirable mental disease for both the afflicted and those that must treat the individual. Not to mention that both chronic paranoia and anxiety are commonly accepted and associated with marijuana use. It is the duty of mankind and government to protect others, and we as a people would be amoral to let others inhale a product with would create even mild mental conditions like paranoia and anxiety in millions of Americans.
Let us analyze the costs and benefits associated with the drug. The assumption is that marijuana use gives a pleasant state of mind for about one to three hours depending upon the amount consumed and the quality of the drug. Yet, once even episodes of marijuana uses have been reached chronic paranoia and anxiety sets in which then makes the user more dependent upon the drug to take away the paranoia or the anxiety. This leaves a human that is either intoxicated with a drug that slows his ability to learn and his ability to function or when he is not high a human being that is anxious and paranoid. This seems like such a nightmarish outcome that even the proposition that the drug be legalized disturbs me to what ridiculous amounts the people who support this idea must have already inhaled to make this idea seem like a good one.

Marijuana creates learning disabilities

As the United States already trails much of the world in academic achievement, I would content that to instill into the people a drug which would further tax their ability to learn and thrive would be troubling and a counter to the aims of the American people. I believe the United States would have to have a brighter generation than a duller one. And marijuana legalization only promises to create a duller one.

Marijuana creates amotivational syndrome

Amotivational syndrome is the apathy created after frequent marijuana use, a condition in which the user does not care to try to achieve much of anything but rather enjoys a condition of stagnation. This would create a dramatic reaction to the American economy and its level of productivity. As millions of people become less inclined to dedicate themselves to anything, all aspects of America would suffer, less invention, less medical research, less product innovation, less business starts. People will simply consumed by a marijuana stuper of non-productivity.

Marijuana creates a mediocre class of chronic smokers

What all of these outcomes will produce is a mere mediocre class of underseducated, underachievers, with mild health problems and growing mental problems. Marijuana legalization would create a giant class of lazy, poor, undereducated pot smokers.

When the thrill of marijuana erodes, the next great drug must step into to replace it

One of the most disturbing aspects is that when marijuana loses its kick, when it is no longer as fun, when the user wants a higher high, the next most lethal drug will become the drug of choice, whence that class of poor lazy pot smokers, may become more violent, more theft and burglary inclined, more mentally diseased, possibly homeless, desperate, sleeping in the cold, starving, living with diseases such as hiv or hepatitis, if their next drug of choice is one associated with needles. The consequences associated with legalizing marijuana are too great, and too terrifying to permit.

I would not wish that any one grow the habit of marijuana use, for the outcomes are too costly to the person, the community and the nation.

SOURCES:

How Harmful IS Marijuana?

Schizophrenia.com - Marijuana Cannabis and Schizophrenia

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politicomind User Join Date: Jan 2007 Last Online: 02-14-08 05:41 PM Posts: 40 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Private Debate: Binary Digit vs Politicomind Politicomind's Opening Statement "Marijuana has the ability to decrease one's intellect by creating learning disabilities, anxiety, paranoia and even schitzophrenia, and it has the ability to destroy one's motivation, while also jeopardizing one's health. At the very least, marijuana makes great people average, and average people poor." Only Negativity Comes from Use of Marijuana Simply, no one is better off for having inhaled marijuana. To try marijuana is to open one's self up to many negative outcomes associated with this lazy man's drug: amotivational syndrome, lung cancer, schizophrenia, personality disorder, learning disabilities, and low birth weights in new borns just to name a few of the many disorders, problems, and diseases associated with inhalation of this drug. Marijuana is more malignant than cigarette smoking Doctors and scientists estimate that marijuana smoke is at least five to six times more cancer-causing than cigarette smoke. As the impetus of disgruntled smokers in the United States hurl lawsuits and insults at big tobacco companies, it is evident that American has no tolerance for any substance which contributes to the early demise of the American people. Morally, it is easy to judge right or wrong in terms of life and death. As cigarrettes commit a long term murder by strangling away the oxygen supply of the smoker, and slowing harvesting cancer within the user, it is easy to deem big tobacco as an amoral producer of a caustic and lethal substance, which ultimately kills its users. Just the same amount of blame could be rightly assessed upon any producer or seller of marijuana but the big marijuana producer would be assailed with five times the blame because marijuana is at least five times as malignant. Marijuana causes mental disease such as schitzophrenia, paranoia, and anxiety How could we willing offer to our own people a product which may contribute to their eventual affliction with schitzophrenia. For years it has marijuana usage has been linked to schitzophrenia. We as a people, knowing that there is a scientific link between usage and the disease, would be considered barbaric and moronic to give to our people that thing which would eventually corrupt and tarnish their minds. Some scientists speculate that currently that it is only a possibility that marijuana is a cause of schitzophrenia. But only the possibility is certainly enough. Why would we open ourselves up to even the potential that millions of people would progress into developing an extremely undesirable mental disease for both the afflicted and those that must treat the individual. Not to mention that both chronic paranoia and anxiety are commonly accepted and associated with marijuana use. It is the duty of mankind and government to protect others, and we as a people would be amoral to let others inhale a product with would create even mild mental conditions like paranoia and anxiety in millions of Americans. Let us analyze the costs and benefits associated with the drug. The assumption is that marijuana use gives a pleasant state of mind for about one to three hours depending upon the amount consumed and the quality of the drug. Yet, once even episodes of marijuana uses have been reached chronic paranoia and anxiety sets in which then makes the user more dependent upon the drug to take away the paranoia or the anxiety. This leaves a human that is either intoxicated with a drug that slows his ability to learn and his ability to function or when he is not high a human being that is anxious and paranoid. This seems like such a nightmarish outcome that even the proposition that the drug be legalized disturbs me to what ridiculous amounts the people who support this idea must have already inhaled to make this idea seem like a good one. Marijuana creates learning disabilities As the United States already trails much of the world in academic achievement, I would content that to instill into the people a drug which would further tax their ability to learn and thrive would be troubling and a counter to the aims of the American people. I believe the United States would have to have a brighter generation than a duller one. And marijuana legalization only promises to create a duller one. Marijuana creates amotivational syndrome Amotivational syndrome is the apathy created after frequent marijuana use, a condition in which the user does not care to try to achieve much of anything but rather enjoys a condition of stagnation. This would create a dramatic reaction to the American economy and its level of productivity. As millions of people become less inclined to dedicate themselves to anything, all aspects of America would suffer, less invention, less medical research, less product innovation, less business starts. People will simply consumed by a marijuana stuper of non-productivity. Marijuana creates a mediocre class of chronic smokers What all of these outcomes will produce is a mere mediocre class of underseducated, underachievers, with mild health problems and growing mental problems. Marijuana legalization would create a giant class of lazy, poor, undereducated pot smokers. When the thrill of marijuana erodes, the next great drug must step into to replace it One of the most disturbing aspects is that when marijuana loses its kick, when it is no longer as fun, when the user wants a higher high, the next most lethal drug will become the drug of choice, whence that class of poor lazy pot smokers, may become more violent, more theft and burglary inclined, more mentally diseased, possibly homeless, desperate, sleeping in the cold, starving, living with diseases such as hiv or hepatitis, if their next drug of choice is one associated with needles. The consequences associated with legalizing marijuana are too great, and too terrifying to permit. I would not wish that any one grow the habit of marijuana use, for the outcomes are too costly to the person, the community and the nation. SOURCES: How Harmful IS Marijuana? Schizophrenia.com - Marijuana Cannabis and Schizophrenia New Page 2 New Page 2 Entrez PubMed