Recreational Marijuana Debate Pro Outline

8/15/2019 Recreational Marijuana Debate Pro Outline

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JD Dibrell

PSY 342

Debate Outline

Debate Topic: Recreational Marijuana, should it be leal and allo!ed to the eneral public"

Side: Yes it should be#

M$ area o% e&ploration: co'parison o% tobacco, alcohol, and 'arijuana %or (no!n lon)ter'

health e%%ects#

Arguments

*ru'ent +

Marijuana, li(e an$ other recreational dru, does need to be used in 'oderation# -o!e.er, !hen

used in 'oderation it can ha.e so'e positi.e e%%ects on the cardio s$ste':

/rad$cardia 0 slo!in o% the heart rate 1Sachs, Mcladel, Yurelun)Todd 1256 p#7586

-$potension 0 lo!ered blood pressure# 9bid

*ru'ent +2

Marijuana has not been to sho!n to ha.e an$ statisticall$ sini%icant i'pact on increasin

depression than alcohol or tobacco#

Recreational 'arijuana use is not 'ore li(el$ to lead to a depressed state than an$ other leal

recreational substance# 1Moore, eale, Silber, ;erhulst, 12866

*ru'ent +3

Marijuana has a sini%icantl$ lo!er death rate %ro' use b$ co'parison to its t!o pri'ar$

co'petitors: tobacco and alcohol#


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*lcohol 0 3#3 'illion deaths last $ear accordin to the 'illion deaths last $ear accordin to the ?D?

Marijuana 0 annual deaths al'ost non)e&istant# 27@ o.er a @ $ear period o% trac(in b$ the ?D?

%ro' @@7)25

*ru'ent +4

?ancer rates resultant %ro' 'arijuana use are 'ini'al b$ direct co'parison to alcohol and

tobacco# *d'ittedl$, there is not a lot o% data on this $et# -o!e.er, alcohol is (no!n to ha.e a

direct i'pact on breast cancer#

*lcohol consu'ption increases the ris( o% breast cancer b$ 7#A per e.er$ ra's consu'ed

per da$ 1Botepui, 1286 p#56#

This is cause b$ alcohol increasin the 9ntracellular estroen le.els !hich pro'otes tu'orous

ro!th in breast tissues# 9bid#

Counters

Research has sho!n 1insert health issue here6

) Research has sho!n a direct lin( bet!een tobacco use and se.eral %or's o% cancer# 9tCs

leal, !idel$ a.ailable in 'an$ %or's, is so'ethin 'ost people are e&posed to dail$, and

can be purchased at the ae o% >, 3 $ears $ouner than 'arijuana# asier to acEuire than

'arijuana) Research has also sho!n a direct lin( bet!een alcohol consu'ption and nu'erous health

issues, not the least o% !hich include Borsa(o%%Cs s$ndro'e and cirrhosis o% the li.er#

*.ailable in e.er$ as station, rocer$ store, and corner 'ar(et to 2 and older# So %ar

easier to acEuire than 'arijuana#


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) *dditionall$, 'uch contradiction e&ists a'on the .arious research reardin health ris(s

o% 'arijuana use# Fntil conclusi.e research is done, this is all Euestionable#

DF9s

) *lcohol, OT? and prescription drus all can cause DF9GDF99 but are 'ore readil$

a.ailable than 'arijuana so this isnCt a uniEue proble' to 'arijuana#

Stoned on the job

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Re%erences

?astillo, S#, 1256 Marijuana .s# alcohol: The e%%ects ps$choacti.e drus ha.e on ph$sical and

'ental health# Medical Dail$: ;italit$# Retrie.ed %ro':

http:GG!!!#'edicaldail$#co'G'arijuana).s)alcohol)e%%ects)ps$choacti.e)drus)ha.e)

ph$sical)and)'ental)health)332@4

?enters %or Disease ?ontrol 1256 Iact sheet: -ealth e%%ects o% ciarette s'o(in# ?D?#

Retrie.ed %ro':

http:GG!!!#cdc#o.GtobaccoGdatastatisticsG%actsheetsGhealthe%%ectsGe%%ectscis'o(in

Gindeht'

n=i, /#, Hisse(, S#, del, M#, Teentho%%, M#, icolass, ;#, Scherbau', #, Juc(el, #, Rosser,

P#, 1256 *lterations o% Monetar$ Re!ard and Punish'ent Processin in ?hronic

?annabis Fsers: *n %MR9 Stud$# PLOS ONE. March 23, 2015. )3#

DO9:#37Gjournal#pone#@5

Birb$, T#, /arr$, *##, 1226 *lcohol as a ate!a$ dru: * stud$ o% F#S# 2th raders# Journal

o% School -ealth# Volume 82, Issue 8, 37037@, DO9: #Gj#748)58#22#72#&

Botepui, M#, 1286 Diet and ris( o% breast cancer# Contemorar! Oncolo"! #Po$n% 201&' 20 #1%:

30@# DO9: #54G!o#24#458

Hachen'eir, D# Gsrep>28

Moore, *# *#, eale#, M# ?#, Silber, J# H#, ;erhulst, /#, 1286 Substance Fse and Depression

S$'pto'atolo$: Measure'ent 9n.ariance o% the /ec( Depression 9n.entor$ 1/D9)996

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/index.htmhttp://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/index.htmhttp://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/index.htmhttp://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/index.htm


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a'on on)Fsers and IreEuent)Fsers o% *lcohol, icotine and ?annabis# PLOS ONE.

r(l 5, 201&. )3# DO9:#37Gjournal#pone#52>

Sachs, J#, Mcladel, #, Yurelun)Todd, D#, 1256 Sa%et$ and To&icolo$ o% ?annabinoids#

Neurotheraeut(cs #2015% 12+7350748. DO9 #7Gs33)5)3>)>

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