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What is a drug? |
ALCOHOL (in relation to drug abuse).
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Do you think alcohol
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Is alcohol addictive?
What about tea, coffee, chocolate and paracetamol? |
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Are you addicted
to Coffee? |
CIGARETTES/TOBACCO (in
relation to drug abuse)
- For Addiction to tobacco see
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Do you smoke? |
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Do you think tobacco
is a drug? |
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Why do you think
that tobacco is a legal drug? |
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If tobacco was invented
today do you think it would be legal? |
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At what age should
it be legal to smoke? Is this fair? |
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Are any of your
friends addicted to tobacco? |
| MARIJUANA |
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Do you think marijuana
should be legal or illegal? Support your opinion with facts. |
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Why do you think
marijuana is illegal? |
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Why is marijuana
legal in countries like the Netherlands but not here? Are Koreans
less responsible (he-he) |
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Is marijuana grown
in your country? |
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What are some ways
drug users use marijuana? |
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Do you think tobacco
companies would like to sell marijuana? |
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Cancer patients
find that marijuana stops their pain. Should it be legal for
them? |
| DRUG
ISSUES |
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Why is alcohol and
tobacco legal, whilst other drugs like marijuana are illegal?
What's the difference between them? |
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Are natural remedies
like homeopathy and herbal medicine drugs too? |
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Is there any difference
between "soft" drugs such as marijuana and "hard" drugs
like crack, heroin, cocaine etc? |
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Do you think experimenting
with alcohol and cigarettes leads to experimenting with harder
drugs? |
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Should there be
punishments for using drugs? |
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Should there be
punishments for dealing drugs? Should drug dealers
get the death penalty as in several Muslim countries? |
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If heroin were legal,
would there be less crime? For example, burglary and robbery. |
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Do you know how
much illegal drugs cost? |
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Do you think it
is easy to buy illegal drugs where you live? |
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Should employers
be allowed to "drug test" their employees? |
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Which is worse,
a peaceful drug addict or a violent non-addict? |
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What do you think
society ought to do about people who spend most of their time
and money getting high on illegal drugs? Why? |
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Do you think it
is a good idea to have safe, legal injecting rooms for intravenous
drug users, where they can use clean equipment and sterile
water? |
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In some countries
soldiers are given drugs
- what do you think about this?
- Opium to British
troops years ago
- Hassasins
- Child soldiers |
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Should pregnant
women be arrested for child abuse if they use drugs when they
are pregnant which may affect the baby? |
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Should women be
prevented legally from drinking any alcohol or smoking when
pregnant? |
| PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS |
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Do we use too many
prescription drugs? |
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Do we give too many
prescribed drugs to children? |
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Why is the cost
of prescription drugs so high? |
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Have you ever used
a prescription drug without a prescription? |
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What kind of "legal" drugs
are the most popular? |
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Are we as a society
addicted to legal drugs? |
| ADDICTION |
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Are some people
more easily addicted to drugs than others? |
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Do some people have
addictive personalities? |
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If you are addicted
to drugs, what should you do? |
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Is alcohol addictive?
What about tea, coffee, chocolate and paracetamol? |
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Why do you think
people start using drugs? |
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What would you do
if someone in your family were addicted to drugs? |
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What else can people
become addicted to? |
| ALCOHOLISM |
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Do you think alcohol
is a drug? |
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What is alcoholism? |
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Do you know of any
alcoholics? (17% in korea) |
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Do you know anyone
who is a teetotal / dry? |
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How do you stop
being an alcoholic? |
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Do you 'binge drink'?
- Is this a step towards alcoholism? |
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Do you know how
much alcohol is in beer? |
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Do you know how
much alcohol is in whiskey? / soju? |
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Is alcohol addictive?
What about tea, coffee, chocolate and paracetamol? |
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Are you addicted
to Coffee? |
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At what age should
it be legal to drink? Is this fair? |
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The joy of
Soju:
VODKA: 25ML shot / 40% = 10ml = 1unit
SOJU:
330ml / 21% = 70ml alcohol = 7 units 500ml
/ 21% = 105ml alcohol = 10 units
Male recommended weekly allowance = 21 units
Female recommended weekly allowance = 14 units |
| SMOKING |
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Do you smoke? When
did you start and why?
- Peer Pressure
- Looks cool / movie stars
- Appetite
suppressant
- Relaxant |
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Do you think smoking
is not bad for your health? |
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Do you crave cigarettes? |
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Do you chain smoke? |
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If tobacco was invented
today do you think it would be legal? |
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Why do you think
that tobacco is a legal drug? |
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At what age should
it be legal to smoke? Is this fair? |
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Are any of your
friends addicted to tobacco? |
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What are the different
ways to use tobacco?
- Do you know anyone who smokes a pipe? |
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What is the difference
between pipe tobacco and cigarette tobacco? |
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What do you think
about chewing tobacco? |
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Bad things about
smoking:
- Bad smell in morning
- Smokers cough
- Cancer |
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Should smoking in
restaurants be banned? |
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If a company sells
the public a product they know to be harmful or addictive,
should they be held responsible for the use of that product
even if the government approves it? |
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Do you think that
the tobacco companies should be held reasonably responsible
for a person's addiction to nicotine? |
| QUITTING SMOKING |
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Would you like to
give up? |
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Have you tried to
give up? How?
- Cold turkey vs. slow cut-down (wean)
- Patches
- Will power
- Nicotine gum
- Homeopathic remedies
- Acupuncture
- Old butts in a jar with water |
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Bad results of quitting:
- Get fat
- Have bad cough / get sick
- More tired
- Get cravings
- Feel 'uncool' around friends |
