This position holds that cannabis should be restricted to medical use, not legalised recreationally. It argues that the drug offers society no value beyond medicine — that it has negative health effects, can act as a gateway to harder drugs, and that legalisation would even feed the black market.
Supporting arguments · 3
- Legalising marijuana benefits the black marketLegalising marijuana serves to make it more popular, which only serves to help the organised crime units that profit from it.
- Marijuana has negative health effectsMarijuana has been linked to numerous health problems, and should not be sanctioned by the state.
- Marijuana is a gateway drugMarijuana is a gateway drug. Those who try marijuana are more likely to try other, harder drugs. IT also increases a persons' vulnerability to addiction. Legalizing marijuana would lead to more people being addicted to dangerous and life-harming drugs.