Topics for Debate - Alcohol & Other Drugs
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Topic suggestions for Alcohol & Other Drugs / Youth Mental Health Debates
Imagine you are in the Affirmative team, or the Negative Team.
Do you agree or disagree with the statements? Why? Prove your point.
- Drug use shows lack of self-control.
- All drugs should be treated equally by law.
- Naturally occurring drugs are safer than chemically produced drugs
- A time will come when no-one uses drugs recreationally.
- If more people use a drug, that makes it OK.
- All drugs are bad.
- All drugs are good.
- Money spent on drug prohibition enforcement should be spent on other things.
- Alcohol should be made illegal, like other drugs.
- The legal alcohol purchase age should (not) be raised back to 20 years / remain at 18 years.
- Lowering the alcohol purchase age to 18 has had a detrimental effect on the health & well-being of NZ youth.
- Schools should [not] use outside agencies to teach drug education.
- There's nothing for young people to do in our town.
- It's OK for parents to use or grow cannabis as long as they don't let their kids have any.
- After-Balls shouldn't be supported by schools
- Something about the school AOD policy...
Some more questions to prompt discussion and debate
- How do you define the word "drug"?
- How much does drug prohibition cost NZ each year?
- If all drugs were legal, would u use them? Which ones?
- Why is it OK (legal) to advertise alcohol?
- What is a crime?
- What is a law?
- Why is alcohol not illegal like other drugs?
- What ways can drugs be classified, eg legal, illegal, medicinal, recreational, prescription, etc.
How do you know/decide which drugs fit which category?
Check this link for further discussion on drug classification: http://cbs3.com/topstories/topstories_story_083110347.html