Time\'s coverage of the medical marijuana controversy was thoughtful and scrupul

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Time's coverage of the medical marijuana controversy was thoughtful and scrupulously researched. But what argues most persuasively for a ban on marijuana is the extraordinary threat that pot poses for adolescents. Marijuana impairs short-term memory, depletes energy and impedes acquisition of psychological skills. Perhaps the most chilling effect is that it retards maturation for young people. A significant number of kids who use lots of pot simply don't grow up. So it is hardly surprising that marijuana is the primary drug for more than half the youngsters in the long-term residential substance-abuse programs that Phoenix House operates throughout the country.

Please answer the following questions:

1. Briefly give the major points of this argument.

2. What's wrong, if anything, with this argument and why?

3. How can we improve the argument if there's something wrong with it?

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Medical Marijuana controversary:

The Marijuana was placed by the US Congress under the controlled substance act in 1970 because it was not acccepted for medical use as well as it was a drug which was grabing the teenagers because of its addiction property. But after the medical marijuana controversy the thinking of people has been shifted towards it. Some doctors recommended that the use of marijauna is beneficial for patients of AIDS, cancer, pain, epilepsy, glaucoma etc.. After this controversy out of 50, 25 US states has legalised the use of Marijuana.

1. Major points of this argument:

The drug is addictive so the users consuming it are unable to control their doses and if may also experience withdrawal symptoms if they stop using it.

It can also affect the judgemnt capablity and perception of a person which can cause serious damage to the community.

It is considered as a gateway drug for the use of more harder drugs like cocaine, heroin etc.

Smoking marijauna is harmful for the health. It increases the heartbeat of a person 20-100 times if it is smoked for 3 hours which will lead to irregular heartbeat , palpitations and heartattack. It also impact the lung of a person since it contains 50-70% more carcinogens than a tobacco cigarette.

Marijauna adversely affect brain development process in teenagers using it, results in their memory loss and learning capablities. Teenagers smoking marijuana has 8% IQs less than a normal person. It also leads to mental disorders including anxiety and depression.

2. There is something wrong with this argument that it doesnt compare the pros and cons related to marijauna controversy. It should list first of all the benefits from the medical uses of the consumption of marijauna after that it should deal with the consequences or the disadvantages associated with it. That the medical uses are limited for a certain group of people like people having AIDS, epilepsy, pain and inflamamtion etc not for the recreation use for the entire population.

3. We can improve the arguement by thoroughly studying the all the research articles as well as scientifically verified statistics and facts related to marijuana controversaries then only we can compare its uses with the disadvantages associated with it and then justiying our arguements against it.

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