Debate:children and obligatory test on drugs

Опубликовано пн, 03/14/2016 - 20:28 пользователем mick
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Motion: This house believes that schoolchildren must pass a regular test on drugs.

 

Proposition:

 

0 The term was popularised in United States by Mark Twain (among others), who attributed it to the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

1 Stats: drug related deaths per 100,000

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15   59 Switzerland 1.84   117 Macedonia 0.59
  2 South Africa 8.36   60 Suriname 1.81   118 Central Africa 0.59
  3 United States 6.96   61 Iceland 1.69   119 Ethiopia 0.58
  4 Iran 6.28   62 Fiji 1.68   120 Barbados 0.56
  5 Georgia 5.78   63 Belgium 1.64   121 Bahamas 0.55
  6 Russia 5.50   64 Ireland 1.62   122 Sri Lanka 0.54
  7 Kyrgyzstan 5.29   65 Turkmenistan 1.50   123 Hungary 0.48
  8 Belize 4.99   66 Kuwait 1.45   124 Azerbaijan 0.47
  9 Lesotho 4.95   67 Myanmar 1.44   125 Colombia 0.45
  10 Finland 4.87   68 Mauritius 1.43   126 Congo 0.44
  11 Cambodia 4.84   69 Solomon Isl. 1.43   127 Japan 0.43
  12 Swaziland 4.65   70 Croatia 1.42   128 Armenia 0.42
  13 Bolivia 4.12   71 Panama 1.42   129 Bhutan 0.41
  14 Burundi 4.04   72 Malta 1.40   130 Philippines 0.41
  15 Lithuania 3.97   73 Nigeria 1.37   131 Czech Republic 0.40
  16 Norway 3.96   74 Madagascar 1.36   132 China 0.38
  17 Botswana 3.91   75 Peru 1.35   133 Zimbabwe 0.37
  18 Zambia 3.84   76 Germany 1.34   134 Tunisia 0.36
  19 United Kingdom 3.83   77 Morocco 1.32   135 Paraguay 0.35
  20 South Sudan 3.73   78 Serbia 1.29   136 Bangladesh 0.33
  21 Belarus 3.71   79 Equ. Guinea 1.28   137 Libya 0.30
  22 Somalia 3.71   80 Albania 1.27   138 Tanzania 0.29
  23 Namibia 3.62   81 Poland 1.24   139 Viet Nam 0.27
  24 Denmark 3.61   82 Cyprus 1.23   140 Malaysia 0.26
  25 Laos 3.55   83 Slovakia 1.19   141 Chad 0.25
  26 Guyana 3.47   84 El Salvador 1.13   142 Cote d Ivoire 0.25
  27 Latvia 3.41   85 Guatemala 1.12   143 South Korea 0.24
  28 Australia 3.32   86 Pakistan 1.10   144 Guinea 0.23
  29 Mozambique 3.32   87 France 1.08   145 Benin 0.23
  30 Mongolia 3.10   88 Italy 1.07   146 Mali 0.23
  31 Uzbekistan 3.03   89 Jordan 1.06   147 Cameroon 0.21
  32 Luxembourg 3.02   90 Argentina 1.03   148 Nepal 0.21
  33 Austria 2.99   91 Mexico 0.96   149 Guinea-Bissau 0.19
  34 Egypt 2.97   92 Israel 0.94   150 Burkina Faso 0.19
  35 Tajikistan 2.82   93 Spain 0.93   151 Singapore 0.18
  36 Eritrea 2.68   94 Uruguay 0.89   152 Niger 0.17
  37 Comoros 2.68   95 Dominican Rep. 0.88   153 Cuba 0.15
  38 Jamaica 2.65   96 Venezuela 0.88   154 Liberia 0.15
  39 Djibouti 2.59   97 Montenegro 0.87   155 Togo 0.14
  40 Sweden 2.49   98 Ghana 0.85   156 Gabon 0.14
  41 Sudan 2.48   99 DR Congo 0.77   157 Gambia 0.14
  42 Afghanistan 2.47   100 Thailand 0.77   158 Mauritania 0.08
  43 Bulgaria 2.47   101 Romania 0.76   159 Honduras 0.07
  44 Ukraine 2.43   102 Rwanda 0.76   160 Turkey 0.05
  45 Yemen 2.42   103 Algeria 0.75   161 Syria 0.03
  46 New Zealand 2.39   104 Nicaragua 0.75   162 Indonesia 0.02
  47 Haiti 2.34   105 Moldova 0.71   163 Senegal 0.02
  48 Trinidad/Tob. 2.33   106 Arab Emirates 0.71   164 Saudi Arabia 0.01
  49 Canada 2.29   107 Costa Rica 0.69   165 Brunei 0.00
  50 Slovenia 2.28   108 India 0.68   166 Cape Verde 0.00
  51 Iraq 2.23   109 Bahrain 0.68   167 Lebanon 0.00
  52 North Korea 2.19   110 Chile 0.64   168 Maldives 0.00
  53 Ecuador 2.18   111 Netherlands 0.63   169 Oman 0.00
  54 Kenya 2.12   112 Angola 0.62   170 Qatar 0.00
  55 Greece 2.02   113 Brazil 0.61   171 Sierra Leone 0.00
  56 New Guinea 2.02   114 Portugal 0.60   172 Timor-Leste 0.00
  57 Kazakhstan 1.96   115 Uganda 0.60        
  58 Malawi 1.89   116 Bosnia/Herzeg. 0.60        

2 Alcohol - worse but drugs are more dangerous

3 It's a war - so we should take drastic measures

4

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mick

пн, 03/21/2016 - 18:15

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