CannabisWhy decriminalize cannabis? more and more people are using it, so there is no point in controlling something that is uncontrollable it is just as dangerous and sometimes with even less consequences than alcohol and tobacco, it is better to give a person a fine for possession than to destroy their life by sending them to prison not pure cannabis is proven to be addictive or harmful to a person, they simply have more tar than cigarettes Why make cannabis illegal? in 1999, 29% of students in grades 7 to 13 in Ontario admitted to having smoked cannabis at some time in their lives, compared to 13% in 1993. We should try to make cannabis illegal so that our kids don't receive dependence on experts who report that marijuana is 50% more cancer-prone than regular cigarettes. Why make cannabis legal? the percentage of students who use marijuana is the same percentage of students who use cigarettes, about 20%, and alcohol exceeds 60%, so why not make alcohol and tobacco illegal, because they are as dangerous as cannabis for most people who use it? narcotics use it to relieve stress, or just for fun, the popular stereotype is that people use it to fit in, but that's actually not true in the Netherlands people can buy up to 5 grams of marijuana in a bar. The homicide rate in the Netherlands is 1.81% per 100,000 people, 14% lower than the United States, and it also has a lower homicide rate than Canada. All these reasons prove that marijuana will not increase the crime rate, so why not legalize it when it is as dangerous as other drugs, such as alcohol and tobacco. I think cannabis should never be legal just because it can cause general health problems, such as cancer, and for heavy users, sometimes loss of brain cells, just like any other drug it should be kept illegal like alcohol because can cause brain cell loss if you drink constantly. But cigarettes are also bad for the body because they carry the same health risks as weed. I also think the government should decriminalize weed because by doing so it would spend less money enforcing laws that obviously don't work, and it would use that money to help people who don't or can't have access to rehab.