Opposing Viewpoints Series



QHS Research Topics

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Abortion

*Abuse

Battered women

*Child abuse

Domestic or family violence

Verbal abuse

Adoption

Affirmative action

Aging population

Alcohol / drunk driving (*DUI)

*Alternative energy sources

Nuclear power (*Alternative energy)

Solar power (*Alternative energy)

America’s prisons

Animal experimentation

Animal rights

Arms trade

Astrology

Atlantis

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Biodiversity

Plant or animal extinction

Rainforests

Global Warming

Biotechnology

Biological & chemical weapons

*Birth Control

*Teens and birth control

Body Piercing & Tattoos

Bullying (see Teens, School)

*( Abuse)

*Teen bullying

Cyber bulling (*Bullying)

Business ethics

*Cancer (see the table of contents of this e-book for many specific topics on cancer)

*Cancer treatment drugs (*Cancer

Capital punishment

Censorship

Cheating (see also Teens and cheating)

Child labor/sweatshops (see Human rights)

Child welfare

CIA (see also espionage)

Civil liberties

Creation vs. evolution

Criminal justice

Criminal profiling

*Cyber bulling

Date rape (*Abuse)

Death and dying

Euthanasia (assisted suicide)

Life after death

Near death experiences

Physician-assisted suicide

Suicide

Death penalty

Depression

Downloading & copyright laws/rights

Driving

Older drivers

Teen Drivers

Drunk Driving (*DUI)

*Street racing

Drones

Drugs

*Drugs and Sports

*E-cigarettes and vaping

Performance Enhancing Drugs (*Drugs & Sports)

*Prescription drugs

See also Steroids

*See also Sports and drugs

See also *Legalizing marijuana

*Drunk Driving, DUI (see also alcohol)

*E-cigarettes and vaping

Elderly

Endangered species

*Energy alternatives; energy sources

Environment

Espionage & intelligence (see also CIA)

ESP

Faith healing

Family in America

Day care in America

Divorce, child custody

Foster Care

Gay marriage: legal or not

Single-parent families & latch key children

Family violence

*Fantasy Football

Fast food

Feminism (see also social justice)

*Football, fantasy football

*Foster care system (see Family)

Free speech

Gambling

Gaming

*Gangs

*Defeating gangs

Types of gangs

Violence and gangs

Garbage & recycling

Gay rights (see also same sex marriage)

Genetic engineering

Germ warfare

Global resources

Global warming – see environment

*Gun rights & responsibilities, gun control

Hate crimes or Hate groups (*Abuse)

Hazing (*Abuse)

History topics

Breakup of the Soviet Union

Cuban Missle Crisis

Darfur

Epidemics

*Holocaust camps

*Holocaust rescue and liberation

Jap./Am. Internment camps

King Tut, curse of

Middle East

North & South Korea

*Pearl Harbor

United Nations

Home schooling

Homeless

Human rights (gay rights, women’s rights, child

labor, land mines, factory standards for workers,

etc.) (see Child labor)

Human trafficking

*Hunting

Dove (*Hunting)

*Deer hunting (*Hunting)

Duck (*Hunting)

Rabbit (*Hunting)

Squirrel (*Hunting)

Turkey (*Hunting)

*Hurricane Katrina

Identity theft

Illegal immigration

*Illuminati

Immigration policy

Imports from China

Internet – see technology

Internet addiction

*Internet, gambling

*ISIS

Islam

*Juvenile court system

Juvenile crime – see also teens

Learning disabilities

*Legalizing marijuana

Mafia

*Marijuana, legalizing

Marriage and Divorce

Media

Media bias

Media violence

Military service

Mandatory military service

Military draft

Women in the military

*Modern slavery, sex trafficking

Mononucleosis (mono)

*Music

*NASCAR

National security

Native American rights

Natural disasters

Hurricane Camille

*Hurricane Katrina

Asian Tsunami of ‘04

New world order

Nuclear waste

Olympics

*Online gambling

Outsourcing

Paranormal phenomena

Alien abductions

Extraterrestrial life

Ghosts

Haunted houses

King Arthur

Loch Ness monster

Poltergeists

Psychics

Stonehenge

UFOs

Unicorns

Vampires

Witches

Plagiarism (see copyright, see downloading)

Police brutality

Pollution

Pornography

Poverty

*Prescription drugs

PTSD (*Abuse)

Public massacres (see school shootings)

Race relations

Racism in America (see also social justice)

Rap music

*Recycling (see also Garbage)

Religion

Christianity

Religious extremism

*School shootings

Columbine High School shooting

School

Bullying in school

Religion in school

*School shootings, school violence

Standardized testing in schools

Self-mutilation, cutting (*Abuse)

Serial killers

Charles Manson

DC sniper shootings

Green River killer

Zodiac Killer

*Sex trafficking

Sex abuse (*Abuse)

Sexual harassment

*Sexually transmitted diseases

*Smoking, e-cigarettes, vaping

Smoking bans

Social media/networking

Internet addiction

Social media addiction

*Cyber bulling

Online privacy

Space exploration

Sports

Benefits of sports

Child athletes

College sports

College athletics & steroids/HGH

*Drugs and sports

*Fantasy Football

MLBaseball & Steroids

NFL & steroids / HGH

ProWrestling & Steroids

Sexual equality in sports

Sports and athletes

Sports in America

Sports injuries

Steroids in sports

Stalking (*Abuse)

*Standardized testing in schools

Steroids

*Street racing

Student rights

Student drug testing

Suicide

*Teen suicide

Tattoos (see also body piercings)

Technology

Blogs

Computer hacking

Downloading music

Information revolution

Internet

Internet censorship

Internet safety

Online sex predators

Social networking (MySpace, Facebook,..)

Television (see also media violence)

Teens

Bullying (*teens and bullying)

Teen addiction

Teen crime or juvenile crime (*juvenile court system)

*Teen suicide

Teenage drinking

Teenage pregnancy / teen parenting

Teens and cheating (copyright, music

piracy, etc.)

Terrorism, terrorist attacks

9-11 (see books on espionage)

*ISIS

Oklahoma City bombings

*Testing in Schools (standardized testing)

The Disabled

Third World

Toxic nightmare: ecocide

Trade

*Vaccines

Vegetarianism

Video games injuries & fitness

Violence in America

*Virtual reality

*Volleyball

War on drugs

Waste disposal

Weapons of mass destruction

Web (see Internet)

Welfare

*Wireless Society

Women (see also social justice)

Battered women

Self-defense for women

Violence against women

Women in the military

Working women

World Hunger

Health & Medicine

ADHD (*Neurobiological)

Alternative therapies

Biomedical ethics

Cancer

1. Breast cancer

2. Cancer treatments

3. Chemotherapy

4. Lung cancer

5. Risks/causes for cancer

6. Skin cancer (melanoma)

Cloning (specify human or animal)

Cosmetic surgery

Dieting (see eating disorders, anorexia, & bulimia under Diseases &

Disorders)

Diseases & Disorders

1. Academic anxiety

2. AIDS / HIV

3. Allergies

4. Anorexia

5. Anxiety & panic attacks (*neurobiological)

6. Asthma

7. Attention deficit disorder

8. Autism (*neurobiological)

9. Avian flu

10. Bulimia

11. Cerebral palsy

12. Depression (*neurobiological)

13. Diabetes

14. Down Syndrome

15. Dyslexia (*neurobiological)

16. Eating Disorders (see also anorexia & bulimia)

17. Epilepsy

18. Hodgkin’s disease

19. Leukemia

20. Lyme disease

21. Migraines

22. Mononucleosis (mono)

23. Mood disorders

24. Multiple sclerosis

25. Phobias

26. Schizophrenia

27. Sexually transmitted diseases

28. Sleep disorders

29. Social anxiety

30. Tourette syndrome (*neurobiological)

Dreams

Embryonic/stem cell research

Food allergies

Health and fitness

1. Alternative medicine

2. Exercise

3. Health care

4. Health care in America

5. HMOs (health maintenance organization)

High-tech babies

1. Surrogate mothers (surrogacy)

2. Fertility & infertility

3. Artificial human reproduction

Human embryo experimentation

Infertility

Mental health

Mental illness

Obesity

Organ & tissue transplants

Public Health

Stem cell research (and embryonic research)

Steroids

Treating the mentally disabled

Drugs

1. Chemical dependency

2. Club drugs / ecstasy

3. College athletics & steroids / HGH

4. Drug abuse

5. Drug legalization

6. Drug testing

7. Drug trafficking

8. *Drugs and sports

9. MLBaseball & Steroids

10. NFL & steroids / HGH

11. Medical marijuana

12. *Prescription drugs

13. ProWrestling & Steroids

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