Conversation Questions
Drugs
A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.
- Do you think alcohol is a drug?
- What is alcoholism?
- Do you know of any alcoholics?
- How do you stop being an alcoholic?
- Do you know how much alcohol is in beer?
- Do you know how much alcohol is in whiskey?
- What are some of the characteristics of drunk people?
- Is alcohol addictive? What about tea, coffee, and chocolate?
- Should marijuana be illegal?
- Do you think marijuana should be legal or illegal? Support your opinion with facts.
- Why do you think marijuana is illegal?
- Is marijuana grown in your country?
- What are some ways drug users use marijuana?
- Do you think tobacco companies would like to sell marijuana?
- Why do you think that tobacco is a legal drug?
- Are any of your friends addicted to tobacco?
- What are the different ways to use tobacco?
- Do you know anyone who smokes a pipe?
- What is the difference between pipe tobacco and cigarette tobacco?
- What do you think about chewing tobacco?
- Is there any difference between "soft" drugs such as marijuana and "hard" drugs like crack, heroin, cocaine etc?
- Is ecstasy a soft or a hard drug?
- Should there be punishments for dealing drugs?
- Should there be punishments for using drugs?
- Should drug dealers get the death penalty?
- If heroin were legal, would there be less crime? For example, burglary and robbery.
- Are some people more easily addicted to drugs than others?
- Do some people have addictive personalities?
- If you are addicted to drugs, what should you do?
- What else can people become addicted to?
- Why are some drugs more addicting than others?
- Why do some people get addicted when others do not?
- What happens in the brain of a person that causes addiction?
- Do you know how much illegal drugs cost?
- Do you think it is easy to buy illegal drugs where you live?
- Which is worse, a peaceful drug addict or a violent non-addict?
- Should pregnant women be arrested for child abuse if they use drugs when they are pregnant which may affect the baby?
- Should women be prevented legally from drinking any alcohol or smoking when pregnant?
- 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?
- Cancer patients find that marijuana stops their pain. Should it be legal for them?
- Do you think experimenting with alcohol and cigarettes leads to experimenting with harder drugs?
- Do you think ecstasy is dangerous?
- At what age should it be legal to drink and smoke?
- Do we use too many prescription drugs?
- What are natural remedies?
- Are natural remedies like homeopathy and herbal medicine drugs too?
- Do we give too many prescribed drugs to children?
- Why is the cost of prescription drugs so high?
- Have you ever used a prescription drug without a prescription?
- What do you think society ought to do about people who spend most of their time and money getting high on illegal drugs? Why?
- Should employers be allowed to "drug test" their employees?
- Why do you think people start using drugs?
- What should happen to babies who are born addicted to drugs?
- What would you do if someone in your family were addicted to drugs?
- What do you know about drugs?
- What are some dangerous drugs?
- What drugs do you think are useful?
- What drugs are addicting?
- Do you think that marijuana should be legal for medical uses with a prescription from a doctor?
- What does crack cocaine do to your body?
- What does it do to your mind?
- What will happen if you keep on using?
- How do you stop yourself from using it? / How does an addict quit using it?
- What kind of drugs are the most popular in your country?
- What kind of "legal" drugs are the most popular?
- Are we as a society addicted to legal drugs?
- In your culture, what are some home remedies for:
- stomachaches
- Why do people take drugs if there know it is bad for them?
- Who do you think pressure people to do drugs?
- Why do people buy drugs?
- Can you legally use drugs in your country?
- What happens to an addict who goes into a rehab center?
- What is the influence of drugs in your community?
- How can you help a drug addict?
- Do you think that soft drugs lead to hard drug use?
- How can drugs help a person?
- Do you agree that"once an addict,always an addict"?
If you can think of another good question for this list, please add it.
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Thanks to Caroline Deane-Caleffi who suggested this topic and contributed the first 25 questions in August 2001.
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