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I think marijuana should remain illegal. CMV.

Marijuana is a very harmful drug that ruins lives.
- It's a gateway drug.
- Legalization would only make crime in America worse.
- It changes thought processes and makes people lazy.
I'm open to having my views changed, so give me all you've got.
gpt
>Marijuana is a very harmful drug that ruins lives.

Not as bad as tobacco, or alcohol, but both of those are legal.

>It's a gateway drug.

This is a misled viewpoint.  The only reason people who do marijuana would get into other drugs is because the people that sell marijuana may be carrying other (harder) drugs with them.  If you legalize marijuana than you can sell it in a store without the presence of other drugs, eliminating any possibility of it being a "gateway" drug.

>Legalization would only make crime in America worse.

If you legalize it, it's regulated and sold in a safe environment.  Cops don't have to worry about it, and kids who just want to smoke can buy it in a safe environment.  Think about it, why would crime get worse if people could buy marijuana in a regulated, safe environment?  Crime would actually decrease as marijuana related crime disappears and with it go any violence related to it, crime related to it, and any chance teen s have at getting involved with harder drugs and gangs through weed and weed alone, because instead of a confined and ominous setting, they'd be in a federally regulated store.

> It changes thought processes and makes people lazy.

Once again, alcohol does the same thing, it changes people and their thought processes (and the hangovers can make people lazy).  The thing is it's a recreational activity.  If it changes thought processes and makes people lazy, who cares?  That doesn't hurt anybody but themselves (if it even does end up hurting them).  Getting a massage makes you lazy, but nobody seems to worry about that much, and thought changes are temporary.