Questions to Debate - Alcohol & Other Drugs

Questions to Debate - Alcohol & Other Drugs

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

Think of a statement about your organisation's Alcohol and Other Drug policy... and debate it...

Some more questions to prompt discussion and debate - what do YOU think?

How do you define the word "drug"? See Definitions of 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?