For legalisation
Claim:
Cannabis can help people with
illnesses such as multiple sclerosis
and Alzheimer's.
Evidence:

1
For legalisation
Claim:
If cannabis was legal then less
young people would start using it.
Evidence:

2
For legalisation
Claim:
If cannabis was legal then the police
would have more time to do other,
more important things than arresting
people for possession of cannabis.
Evidence:

3
For legalisation
Claim:
If the government legalised cannabis
they could tax it and make a lot of
useful money for the country.
Evidence:

4
Against legalisation
Claim:
Using cannabis leads to mental
illness.
Evidence:
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5
Against legalisation
Claim:
Smoking cannabis leads to more
diseases than smoking tobacco.
Evidence:

6
Against legalisation
Claim:
If young people start using cannabis,
they are more likely to start using
hard drugs like heroin.
Evidence:

7
Against legalisation
Claim:
If cannabis was legalised then more
young people would start using it.
Evidence:

8
Claim 1
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6387
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/662254.stm
Claim 2
http://www.drugwatch.org/Cannabis%20statistics%20Europe.htm
Claim 3
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,2763,625571,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/health/4216283.stm
Claim 4
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/comments/
view.html?story_id=72824&page=2
Claim 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2407027.stm
Claim 6
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2419713.stm
Claim 7
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/drugsalcohol/dn9488-why-teenagers-should-steer-clear-ofcannabis.html
Claim 8
http://www.bntl.org/a2.html