“Marijuana is an addicting substance that damages

your health and judgment. It is way worse for the

respiratory system than any cigarettes.”
Fellow intelligent students, co-debaters and the
stunning panel of judges, a pleasant good morning. I
am Jhaira Dennice Santos, the first speaker of the
negative side to deliver the non-necessity of today’s
proposition. “Resolved that Marijuana should not
be legalized in the Philippine Constitution.”
We, from the negative side strongly oppose to
legalize the Marijuana in our country – Philippines.
Cannabis or also known as Marijuana is a
psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant. It is not
necessary I repeat it is not necessary for legislation
because essentially it is not a cure in itself. In
accordance to FDA commissioner Drnn. Scott
Gottlieb (preceding the evidences). Marijuana
doesn’t cure cancer. It is not been shown to
somehow explode tumor cells or promote the
growth of new brain cells. In addition to that the
FDA warned four companies to stop these unproven
claims and to stop selling cannabis-based hemp and
Marijuana products that claim to treat cancer or
any other medical condition.
Second, it is an addictive drug. It is not necessary to
legalize it because if we over use Marijuana, it can
cause depression, schizophrenia and or
depersonalization disorders (preceding the
evidences). It interferes with the ability to make
long-term memories and can disrupt thinking and
learning, thus causes poor judgment. Rusty Jimenez
conclude that Marijuana should not be legalized
(preceding the evidences) because there are other
ways to treat diseases for which the plant is said to
be used medically. More addicts to Marijuana will
be present and other psychiatric diseases will
increase as what Jimenez said.
Third, according to Prof. Beltran Madras of
psychobiology at Mclean Hospital and Harvard
Medical School, Marijuana is not necessary to
legalize around the globe.It does not have the
required criteria to be fulfilled such as: 1. the drug
chemistry must be known and reproducible. 2.
There must be adequate safety studies. 3. There
must be adequate and well-controlled studies
proving efficacy.
Fourth, the drug must be accepted by well-qualified
experts and scientific evidence must be widely
available. It is clear that Marijuana fails to meet any
of these criteria to be accepted. Article II Sec. 4
(preceding the evidence) clearly stated that the
prime duty of the government is to serve and
protect the people. So, why do we need to legalize
Marijuana if we cannot assume the safety and
security of people in a society?
Lastly, we do not want our next generation to be
harmed. So, legalizing Marijuana is not necessary
because it is deadly.

Again, this is Jhaira Dennice Santos, strongly oppose

the legalizing of Marijuana in the Philippines.