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Draft Argument
Throughout this debate we will explore the reasons why we think that cannabis should be legalised. Advocates of legalisation argue amongst other things that cannabis is not only less harmful than legal substances like alcohol and Tobacco. But as a matter of fact medical researchers have discovered that cannabis possesses certain medical qualities that are beneficial. For instance, it is now acknowledges that the use, of cannabis helps to relieve the suffering or patience affected with multiple sclerosis.

4500-5000 people are being arrested off our streets each year for possession of cannabis. The legalising of cannabis will abolish this figure completely. This will allow more space in prisons for more serious crimes. Presently, cannabis is sold by dealers who have connections to the underworld. The legalisation of cannabis will help facilitate the sale of the drug in establishments like in Amsterdam’s coffee houses. This will shift the sale of cannabis away from the underworld the severance of this “criminal link” will ensure that the users of the drug will no-longer need to come into contact with organised crime. Also this will lower tax payers’ money and will help cannabis growers in the recession.

In recent years scientist and medical researchers have discovered that cannabis possesses certain medical qualities that are beneficial. For instance that the use of cannabis helps to relieve suffering of patients afflicted with multiple sclerosis. Individuals should be given freedom to lead their lives as they choose. Of course such freedom isn’t absolute and laws should intervene to limit this freedom. Presently cannabis is sold by dealers who have connections to the underworld. The legalisation of cannabis will help facilitate the scale of drugs in establishments like Amsterdam’s coffee houses. This will shift the sale of cannabis away from the underworld. The severance of this criminal link will insure that the users will no longer need to come into contact with organised crime.