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Worksheet
Answer the following questions:
- Choose one quote from the list below and write a paragraph, outlining if you agree or disagree with the statement and why. Be sure to back up your position with statistics and examples.
- "If heroin is as dangerous as people say, there is no better punishment for using it than the consequence of shooting up."
- "Alcohol is dangerous, but it is nowhere near as dangerous in terms of killing people as crack is or heroin, and it does not destroy people in the same way."
- "Cannabis has medical benefits for people with AIDS, those undergoing cancer chemotherapy, and to people with conditions such as multiple sclerosis and glaucoma."
- "Smoking, even long term, is not harmful to health."
- Many tobacco companies sponsor sports events and many anti-smoking campaigners disagree with this practice. Do you see a problem with such sponsorship?
- Eighty-eight per cent of people wanted restrictions on smoking in restaurants, according to the report on attitudes towards smokers and their habits published by the Office for National Statistics. Should people be allowed to continue smoking in public places?
- You can be stopped by the police at any time if they have reasonable suspicion of you having controlled drugs in your possession. Research what your rights are if you're arrested.
- You've chosen not to use drugs but your mates are pressuring you into trying them. Create a strategy for how you'll get them to back off, while still looking cool.
- Quotes from the parents of dead drug users are used by the media to illustrate the dangers of using drugs. What are the issues associated with this media practice?
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