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I need a topic for English class, help me plz.

It needs to be an argument paper. No marijuana or like "over-done" topics. Its a rule of the teacher.
 

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EricNoah

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this might be overdoing it...

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Abortion (Dec. 8, 1995)
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Abortion Update (Aug. 9, 2002)
Abortion: When Does Human Life Begin? (Jan. 15, 1999)
Abortion-Clinic Access (Dec. 17, 1999)
Accounting Industry Regulation (Mar. 15, 2002)
Adoption (Aug. 31, 2000)
Advertising: Prescription Drugs (June 8, 2001)
Advertising: Tobacco and Alcohol (Sept. 13, 1996)
Advertising: Youth-Oriented (July 14, 2000)
Advertising on TV: Liquor (Jan. 18, 2002)
Affirmative Action (Sept. 1, 1995)
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Africa, U.S. Intervention in (Aug. 8, 1997)
Age Discrimination (May 21, 1999)
AIDS Epidemic Worldwide (Sept. 7, 2001)
AIDS Funding (Jan. 5, 2001)
Air Bags (Feb. 7, 1997)
Air Pollution (Sept. 7, 2001)
Air Travel Delays (Aug. 20, 2001)
Airline Regulation (July 23, 1999)
Airport Security (Nov. 9, 2001)
Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising (Sept. 13, 1996)
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Alternative Medicine (Aug. 9, 2002)
American Indian Policy (Apr. 30, 2002)
Americans with Disabilities Act (Apr. 4, 1997)
Americans with Disabilities Act Update (Aug. 28, 1998)
Animal Rights: Fur (Apr. 23, 1999)
Animal Testing (Aug. 31, 2000)
Anti-Drug Advertising (June 21, 2002)
Antidepressant Drugs (Jan. 5, 2001)
Antiterrorism Policies (Aug. 16, 1996)
Antiterrorism Policies and Civil Liberties (Oct. 12, 2001)
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Mar. 30, 2001)
Arts Education (June 18, 1999)
Arts Funding (Nov. 3, 1995)
Arts Funding Update (Nov. 12, 1999)
Assisted Suicide (Sept. 29, 1995)
Assisted Suicide Update (Aug. 9, 2002)
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Apr. 9, 1999)
Auto Safety (Oct. 29, 1999)
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Balanced Budget (Jan. 5, 2001)
Baseball's Future (July 27, 2001)
Bilingual Education (Aug. 31, 2000)
Bioterrorism and Public Health Law (July 12, 2002)

Cable Television Regulation (June 18, 1999)
Campaign-Finance Reform (July 5, 1996)
Campaign-Finance Reform Update (Dec. 26, 1997)
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Cellular Telephones (Mar. 2, 2001)
Charter Schools (Apr. 30, 2002)
Chemical and Biological Weapons (Aug. 11, 2000)
Child Care (Jan. 9, 1998)
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Children's Television (Aug. 7, 1998)
Child-Welfare Policies (Dec. 6, 1996)
Church-State Separation (Sept. 17, 1999)
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Clean Air Act (Sept. 7, 2001)
Cloning (Jan. 5, 2001)
Cochlear Implants for People with Hearing Disabilities (July 12, 2002)
College Entrance Exams (Mar. 12, 1999)
College Tuition Costs (Jan. 23, 1998)
Community Service Requirements in Schools (Dec. 25, 1998)
Computer Hacking (May 12, 2000)
Confederate Symbols (Jan. 5, 2001)
Constitutional Amendments (May 26, 2000)
Corporal Punishment in Schools (Oct. 15, 1999)
Creationism and Evolution (Aug. 31, 2000)
Crime and Race (May 7, 1999)
Cults (Jan. 5, 2001)

Death Penalty (Dec. 29, 1995)
Death Penalty Update (May 1, 1998)
Death Penalty Update (Sept. 15, 2000)
Defense Spending (Sept. 7, 2001)
Digital Divide (July 26, 2002)
Disaster Relief (Oct. 15, 1999)
Distance Learning (Mar. 16, 2001)
Domestic Violence (Aug. 31, 2000)
Drug Legalization (Jan. 5, 2001)
Drug Legalization Update (September 27, 2002)
Drug Policy (May 15, 1998)
Drug Testing (Jan. 5, 2001)
Drunk Driving (Aug. 13, 1999)

Eating Disorders (Apr. 14, 2000)
Economy, Reviving the U.S. (Oct. 26, 2001)
Education Policy (Sept. 3, 1999)
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Education Year-Round (July 28, 2000)
Elderly Driver Restrictions (May 10, 2002)
Election Reform (Feb. 1, 2002)
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Electric Cars (Jan. 5, 2001)
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Endangered Species Act (Jan. 5, 2001)
Energy Policy (Oct. 26, 2001)
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Espionage (Sept. 7, 2001)
Ethics of Intelligence Gathering (Nov. 23, 2001)
Euthanasia (Mar. 3, 2000)
Evolution and Creationism (Aug. 31, 2000)
Extraterrestrial Life Search (Mar. 26, 1999)
Extreme Fighting (Mar. 1, 2002)

Faith-Based Initiatives (Mar. 16, 2001)
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Farm Subsidies Update (June 7, 2002)
Feminism (May 26, 2000)
Flag Desecration (Aug. 31, 2000)
Flat Tax (Feb. 23, 1996)
Food Safety (Feb. 23, 1996)
Food Safety Update (Aug. 31, 2000)
For-Profit Public Schools (Sept. 25, 1998)
Foster Care (Mar. 20, 1998)
Freedom of Information (Dec. 31, 1999)
Fuel Prices (July 28, 2000)

Gene Therapy Research (Dec. 15, 2000)
Genetic Engineering (Aug. 9, 2002)
Genetically Engineered Food (Aug. 9, 2002)
Global Population Growth (Aug. 31, 2000)
Global Warming (Dec. 8, 1995)
Global Warming Update (Aug. 31, 2000)
Grandparents' Visitation Rights (Mar. 3, 2000)

Hate-Crime Laws (Jan. 5, 2001)
Hate Speech (June 4, 1999)
Hazing (Aug. 7, 1998)
Health and Tobacco (Mar. 31, 2002)
HIV Testing (Jan. 24, 1997)
Holocaust Reparations (Apr. 9, 1999)
Home Schooling (Aug. 31, 2000)
Homelessness (Feb. 21, 1997)
Homelessness Update (Jan. 21, 2000)
Homework (Mar. 2, 2001)
Human Cloning (Dec. 28, 2001)
Hunting Restrictions (Aug. 31, 2000)
Hydroelectric Energy (Oct. 27, 2000)

Immigration (Sept. 29, 1995)
Immigration Update (Mar. 31, 2002)
Income Gap (Dec. 29, 1995)
Insanity Defense (Aug. 13, 1999)
Intelligence Gathering, Ethics of (Nov. 23, 2001)
International Human Rights Litigation (Nov. 9, 2001)
International Terrorism (Sept. 21, 2001)
Internet and Music (Aug. 11, 2000)
Internet Filtering Software (Apr. 26, 2002)
Internet Gambling (Nov. 10, 2000)
Internet Radio Royalties (Sept. 13, 2002)
Internet Regulation (Sept. 15, 1995)
Internet Regulation Update (Aug. 9, 2002)
Internet Taxation (Feb. 26, 1999)
Iraq Crisis (Jan. 23, 1998)
Iraq Policy (Mar. 30, 2001)
IRS Reform (Sept. 7, 2001)
Ivory Trade (Oct. 24, 1997)

Junk Food in Schools (Mar. 29, 2002)
Juvenile Justice (Mar. 31, 2002)

Labor Unions (Aug. 9, 2002)
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Lead Poisoning (Sept. 14, 2001)
Learning Disabilities (Feb. 6, 1998)
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Liquor Advertising on TV (Jan. 18, 2002)
Lobbying Reform (Aug. 31, 2000)
Logging in National Forests (Oct. 23, 1998)
Lotteries (Apr. 9, 1999)

Mars Exploration (Mar. 17, 2000)
Mass-Transit Funding (Aug. 30, 1996)
Media Bias (Apr. 30, 2002)
Medicaid and Medicare (Dec. 29, 1995)
Medicaid Reform (Nov. 10, 2000)
Medical Care with Premium Service (Mar. 1, 2002)
Medical Ethics--Human Trials (Jan. 5, 2001)
Medicare and Medicaid (Dec. 29, 1995)
Medicare Reform Update (Sept. 17, 1999)
Medicare's Future (Apr. 17, 1998)
Medicine and Religion (June 18, 1999)
Mental Health Policy: National High School Debate Topic (Aug. 30, 2002)
Mental Health Policy (May 3, 1996)
Mental Health Policy Update (Feb. 4, 2000)
Mentally Ill in the Legal System (Apr. 26, 2002)
Mexico-U.S. Border Enforcement (July 27, 2001)
Mideast Peace Process (Mar. 16, 2001)
Military Preparedness (Sept. 7, 2001)
Minimum Wage (Aug. 31, 2000)
Miranda Warnings ("You Have the Right to Remain Silent") (Feb. 18, 2000)
Missile Defense Programs (Jan. 5, 2001)
Money Laundering (Dec. 14, 2001)
Morality in America (Mar. 12, 1999)
Multiculturalism in Education (Aug. 9, 2002)
Music and the Internet (Aug. 11, 2000)

NASA Funding (Aug. 31, 2000)
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National Parks Policy (July 9, 1999)
Native American Sovereignty (Feb. 4, 2000)
Native American Sports Mascots (April 12, 2002)
Needle-Exchange Programs (Jan. 5, 2001)
Nuclear Disarmament (Jan. 24, 1997)
Nuclear Energy (Mar. 31, 2000)
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Nuclear Test Ban (Nov. 26, 1999)
Nuclear Waste (Jan. 5, 2001)

Obesity (Dec. 5, 1997)
'Official-English' (Laws to make English the official language) (Jan. 26, 1996)
Olympic Bidding Process (Feb. 15, 2002)
Organ Transplant Allocation (Aug. 31, 2000)
Organ Selling (July 27, 2001)

Parents'-Rights Laws (Mar. 31, 2002)
Parole (Apr. 17, 1998)
Patients' Rights Laws (May 15, 1998)
Patients' Rights Laws Update (Sept. 7, 2001)
Performance Enhancing Substances (Dec. 4, 1998)
Pesticides (June 9, 2000)
Pet-Owner Liability (June 22, 2001)
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Police Brutality (Aug. 31, 2000)
Police Corruption (Jan. 29, 1999)
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Polygraph Tests (Mar. 2, 2001)
Premium Medical Care (Mar. 1, 2002)
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Press Freedom (Mar. 31, 2000)
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Professional Sports Salaries (June 4, 1999)
Property-Rights Laws (Nov. 22, 1996)
Public-Broadcast Funding (Aug. 31, 2000)
Public Health Law and Bioterrorism (July 12, 2002)
Public-Housing Policy (Sept. 13, 1996)
Public-Housing Reform (Nov. 6, 1998)
Public-School Funding (Mar. 31, 2002)
Public Shaming (Apr. 23, 1999)

Race and Crime (May 7, 1999)
Racial Disparities (Apr. 30, 2002)
Rainforest Destruction (Oct. 1, 1999)
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Religion and Medicine (June 18, 1999)
Religion and School Curriculum (Mar. 8, 1996)
Religious Freedom Abroad (Jan. 21, 2000)
Religious Symbols (Jan. 23, 1998)
Renewable Energy (Aug. 29, 1997)

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School Desegregation (Oct. 10, 1997)
School Prayer (Sept. 7, 2001)
School Safety (July 23, 1999)
School Uniforms (Aug. 31, 2000)
School Vouchers (May 21, 1999)
Schools for the Homeless (May 11, 2001)
Search for Extraterrestrial Life (Mar. 26, 1999)
Single-Sex Education (All-Girl Schools, All-Boy Schools) (Nov. 3, 1995)
Single-Sex Education Update (May 29, 1998)
Single-Sex Education Update (June 7, 2002)
Slavery Reparations (Dec. 15, 2000)
Smoking Bans (Apr. 13, 2001)
Social Promotion in Schools (Students go to next grade even if they fail the current grade) (Apr. 23, 1999)
Speed Limits (Apr. 4, 1997)
Sports Mascots: Native American (April 12, 2002)
Sports-Stadium Funding (May 31, 1996)
Sports-Stadium Funding Update (June 9, 2000)
Stem-Cell Research (Aug. 13, 1999)
Stem-Cell Research Update (Sept. 14, 2001)
Student-Achievement Testing (Oct. 13, 2000)
Students' Rights (Jan. 15, 1999)
Sweatshops (Aug. 31, 2000)

Taliban (May 25, 2001)
Teen Curfews (Aug. 31, 2000)
Teen Driving (June 23, 2000)
Teen Gangs (Feb. 9, 1996)
Teen Gangs Update (May 12, 2000)
Teen Pregnancy (Aug. 31, 2000)
Television Advertising: Liquor (Jan. 18, 2002)
Television Content (Jan. 5, 2001)
Television-Ratings Codes (Feb. 21, 1997)
Television Violence (Feb. 12, 1999)
Ten Commandments in Schools (Mar. 15, 2002)
Term Limits (Nov. 17, 1995)
Term Limits Update (Oct. 27, 2000)
Terrorism, International (Sept. 21, 2001)
Terrorism, U.S. Response to (Oct. 12, 2001)
Terrorist Attack Aftermath: Reviving the U.S. Economy (Oct. 26, 2001)
Three-Strikes' Crime Laws (Nov. 17, 1995)
Tibet (Aug. 28, 1998)
Tobacco and Alcohol Advertising (Sept. 13, 1996)
Tobacco and Health (Mar. 31, 2002)
Tobacco Litigation (Sept. 7, 2001)
Tobacco Settlement (Nov. 20, 1998)
Tomorrow's Workforce (Aug. 7, 1998)
Tracking in Schools (Sept. 15, 2000)

U.S. Economy, Reviving the (Oct. 26, 2001)
U.S.-Mexico Border Enforcement (July 27, 2001)
U.S.-United Nations Relations (Feb. 23, 1996)
U.S.-U.N. Relations Update (Apr. 28, 2000)
Urban Sprawl (June 26, 1998)

Vegetarianism (Nov. 26, 1999)
Victims' Rights (Aug. 31, 2000)

Water Quality (Sept. 7, 2001)
Water Use in the West (Mar. 6, 1998)
Weapons of Mass Destruction (Aug. 31, 2001)
Welfare Reform (Feb. 9, 1996)
Welfare Reform Update (Sept. 1, 2000)
Welfare Reform Update (July 26, 2002)
Welfare-to-Work (June 25, 1998)
Wetlands Regulation (Jan. 29, 1999)
Whaling (Jan. 5, 2001)
Wildfire Prevention (Aug. 10, 2001)
Wildlife Refuge, Arctic National (Mar. 30, 2001)
Wolf Reintroduction (Apr. 5, 1996)
Women in the Military (Aug. 31, 2000)
Women in the Workforce (Oct. 23, 1998)
World Trade Organization (Feb. 4, 2000)
Worldwide AIDS Epidemic (Sept. 7, 2001)

Year-Round Education (July 28, 2000)
Youth Depression (Apr. 28, 2000)
Youth-Oriented Advertising (July 14, 2000)

Zero Tolerance Policies in Schools (July 13, 2001)
Zoos (Nov. 20, 1998)
 

Kyramus

First Post
No overdone topics????

Well....

racial profiling
Age limit on drinking (increasing or lowering)
Euthanasia
Corporal Punishment
Graffiti as an art form
Child Labour
Child Abuse
Police Brutality (justified/not justified)
Abortion
Experimentation on humans
Gun Control
Dress Code in public schooling
Cloning
Teen Suicide (cause and effects)
 



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