1. Mild Drugs Can Be Legalized or All Drugs Should Be Strictly Forbidden
MILD DRUGS – YES OR NO?
Mild Drugs Can Be Legalized or All Drugs Should Be Strictly Forbidden
PRO OR CON?

2. QUESTIONNAIRE Mild drugs (class C drugs) … Yes No
- can make you a drug addict
- can be legalized
How much can different drugs damage your health? Put a tick.
No risk Little risk Great risk I don’t know
Is there a chance to give up taking drugs?
Yes No
Is it possible to prevent the spread of drugs in Russia?
The alternative to drugs is __________________________

3. QUESTIONNAIRE total 23 people
17 people think that class C drugs may result in drug addiction.12 people think that class C drugs can be legalized.
All people think that cocaine and heroin can damage health greatly.
9 people are optimistic and think it’s possible to give up taking drugs.
But 15 people are pessimistic about the possibility to prevent the spread of drugs in Russia.

4. PRO CON
we shouldn’t legalize mild drugs because it can make the situation with drug abuse worse
legalizing pot is better for the society than prohibition - it’s protection of human rights

5. PRO CON
teens can smoke pot if they want to – it’s their life, they are free to decide
it’s a crime to make pot legally available;
it’s a crime against the future generations

6. PRO CON
pot doesn’t increase cancer risk unlike tobacco, hemp is used in medicine
mild drugs cause health problems as any drugs do

7. PRO CON
smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol is worse than smoking pot
smoking grass is as dangerous as drinking alcohol

8. PRO CON
there haven’t been any long-term studies on marijuana that can prove its ruining effect; lots of people have tried mild drugs without any harm
scientists have proved that mild drugs cause a flash back; the developing flash back may result in heroin usage which is taken by injections; this causes such socially dangerous diseases as AIDS

9. PRO CON
the legalizing of Cannabis would remove the “criminality gateway” and limit access to harder drugs such as heroin
all pot smokers are potential criminals;
pot pushers make money by involving teens into drug usage and selling pot in the street

10. PRO CON legalizing pot is successfully applied in the Netherlands
legalizing drugs in the Netherlands has made more teens use drugs

11. PRO CON those who smoke pot do not conform to society standards
to smoke grass is a tradition of the hippie community

12. PRO CON taking mild drugs reduces suicide rates
pot smokers often commit suicide

13. DEATH RATE 1970 JIMI HENDRIX (28 YEARS)
had problems with drugs and alcohol
died in bed after taking nineteen Seconal sleeping pills and choking on his own vomit

14. 1977 ELVIS PRESLEY (42 years)
suffered from severe insomnia; by he was taking sedatives to get to sleep; as a result he had to take amphetamine to wake up
died of a heart attack caused by drug abuse

15. 1993 IGOR CHUMYCHKIN (CHUMA), guitar, “ALISA“ (28 years)
committed suicide falling out of the window of his Moscow flat
believed he could fly in his ‘trips’

16. 1994 KURT COBAIN (27 years) had heroin addiction
suffered from depression
committed suicide; report concluded Cobain's death as a result of a "self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head"

17. 1981 BOB MARLEY (36 years)
had a form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma, which grew under his toenail
the cancer spread to his brain, his lungs, and his stomach
was buried with his guitar, a bud of marijuana and a Bible