Debate+teams+for+Drug+Topics+for+Block+F+2011

Below are the teams that a debating against each other. In many cases it will be one student against another. Your rules are simple for this: Questions and teams/individuals who will be debating them and the side from which they will be debating.
 * Presentation of position (30 seconds)
 * Pro
 * Con
 * Presentation of arguments supporting your position and/or against the other side (2 min. max).
 * Pro
 * Con
 * 1 min. recess.
 * Attacking questions that opposition must attempt to answer (minimum two questions/ maximum five questions)
 * Pro
 * Con
 * 1 min. recess.
 * Rebuttal and summation of arguments and position. Focus on reasons why you should be considered the winner of the debate (2 min. max.)
 * Con
 * Pro (always goes last).
 * [|Rubric for Psychology Debates]
 * Question || Pro || Con ||
 * **1. Be it resolved that the drug problem as seen in North American societies is purely a crime issue and nothing more, and thus sterner penalties for importation, distribution, possession and use are needed to solve it.** || Sam & Phil || Jessica & Jemin ||
 * 2. Be it resolved that drug testing teachers is a violation of their right to privacy and is not necessary to ensure sound classroom instruction and child supervision. || Jay & Chris || Jen & Jennifer N. ||
 * **3. Be it resolved that the legalization of marijuana is a sound approach which governments should follow to save money and valuable police time enforcing laws against this benign substance.** || Sumin || Minae ||
 * 4. Be it resolved that women that ingest any legal or illegal substances (//teratogen)// during a pregnancy should be detained by the state for the full length of their pregnancy so as to protect the health of the unborn child. || Jerin & Suzie || Euro & Andy ||
 * **5. Be it resolved that drug education programs in US and Canadian schools are a failure in steering youth away from drug and alcohol use.** || HyunWoo & Dana || David & Flora ||