@TKDB

 Dude, you are not addressing any of the arguments. You are just making stupid comments over them. I am done with you. 

 Be a little self-aware for f*ck's sake. Almost 600 people have marked your arguments as "irrelevant". Maybe that happened because of a reason? I am not telling you you are wrong because people disagree with you, I am just asking you to consider the possibility that other people might be right. Please? 

@TKDB

 You have completely shut down your brain. 

 I mean, what are you asking for here? 

 If being single and childless is what makes you happy then what input are you waiting for?

@TKDB

 Dude, no one is claiming that game addiction doesn't exist. So you posting those specific stories is extremely irrelevant and shows that you are not even aware of what the discussion is. 

 Obesity is a serious problem. Does that mean eating is a threat to society? No. It means OVEREATING is a threat to society.

 Are books a threat to society because some people read books all the day and not move? 

 

 I will use this turn to respond to my opponent's arguments directly.

 One of the reasons why several people resort to frequent drug use is to self-medicate due to current emotional and/or mental health issues. This also happens with legal prescription drugs too such as Diazepam for example, as well as other recreational uses of substances such as alcohol and tobacco.

  A person's reasons for turning to crime does not change the fact that they have indeed turned to crime. The reasons could be looked at to make a proper judgement but these reasons will not be enough to get rid of the crime itself. 
 This is nothing more than an appeal to pity. Being sad or being in a bad emotional state is no excuse for putting other lives in danger. 

 Criminalizing people for their current drug use leads to the social stigma which then leads to more emotional distress and other possible mental health complications for the individual user which then leads to the more drug use (I.E self-medicating) via the individual user.

When the fear of social stigma reduces Drug Users may very well become more open about their issues and seek help for them.

 This could be said about any crime. If we did not criminalize killing, for example, we would have more people turning themselves in because of regret. But we would also possibly have more people killing because it is not illegal.
 This method would indeed make more people come forward about their addiction. But it would also make more people buy drugs. So this point, too, does not prove anything.

 However, people of society do need to assume responsibility when they are openly preaching that all drug users are criminals that need locking; this attitude just creates more problems for the users and those around them.

  
 What is creating the problem is their drug use. 
 Saying: "People hating drug users creates more problems for drug users." is not a valid argument. This hate also prevents a lot of people from doing drugs. And the hate is justified because drug users are not only putting themselves in danger, they are putting everyone around them in danger. Becoming mindlessly addicted to anything can cause huge problems. And drug addiction is a very strong type of addiction which is hard to get out of. Who knows what kind of things they will do just to get their hands upon more drugs?