For legalisation  Claim: Cannabis can help people with illnesses such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's. 1 Evidence:

For legalisation  Claim: If cannabis was legal then less young people would start using it. 2 Evidence:

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. 3 Evidence:

For legalisation  Claim: If the government legalised cannabis they could tax it and make a lot of useful money for the country. 4 Evidence:

 Claim: Using cannabis leads to mental illness. Against legalisation 5 Evidence:

 Claim: Smoking cannabis leads to more diseases than smoking tobacco. Against legalisation  Claim: Smoking cannabis leads to more diseases than smoking tobacco. 6 Evidence:

Against legalisation  Claim: If young people start using cannabis, they are more likely to start using hard drugs like heroin. 7 Evidence:

Against legalisation  Claim: If cannabis was legalised then more young people would start using it. 8 Evidence:

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/drugs-alcohol/dn9488-why-teenagers-should-steer-clear-of-cannabis.html Claim 8 http://www.bntl.org/a2.html