Legalization of marijuana

A couple states have already passed amendments which legalize the medical use, recreational use, or both of marijuana. It's even a topic in Minnesota now. So the question is, does it have a place in society? I'd argue that it does. Alcohol and cigarettes are, and they provide their own type of "high" (buzz) just as marijuana does. Hell, it's even healthier than those two. I can see how with marijuana people think that it will negatively impact society, but that's why there would be strict regulations placed on the product.

Government use of torture

The U.S. government undoubtedly use torture to extract information from captured terrorists (they've even publicly announced that they do so). But is it right to do so? Torture could have so many adverse affects on the information that the victim gives up. They would lie so that the torture would stop, so how can this possibly be a reliable? They're risking the human rights of an individual for potentially invalid information.

Video Game Content

Many video games these days have controversial content. For example we can look at the "No Russian" mission from COD: MW2, the dirty bomb scene in COD: MW3, and more recently GTA 5 with the interactive torture gameplay. So, do these things have any place in games, even if it's only a game? In both the COD examples they were completely unnecessary, the only reason they were put in the game was for plot movement during the campaign. In the case of GTA, a game with satirical undertones, it does have a place. What I interpreted from the torture was to show how it was hard/sickening to torture someone, even if it was only in a game. Things like this help bring attention to political controversies, especially in a medium with such popularity among youth in America. Because of this, I would say that only in the right applications does controversial content belong in games.