What are good simple persuasive speech topics for 8th graders?

Abortion

Abuse Of The Elderly

Abused Women

Academic Dishonesty

Academic Freedom

Acid Rain

Addiction

Adoption

Affirmative Action

Afghanistan

Africa

Age Discrimination

Aging Population

Agricultural Policy

AIDS/HIV

Air Pollution

Airline Safety

Alcohol Abuse

Aliens and UFO's

Alternative imprisonment

Alternative Medicine

American Education Reform

Amnesty

Animal Experimentation

Animal Rights

Animal Welfare

Anorexia Nervosa

Anti-Semitism

Arab-Israeli Conflict

Armed Conflicts

Arms Control

Civil Rights

Climate Change Policy

Condoms In Schools

Creationism vs. Evolution

Cuba

Dating Campus Issues

Death Penalty

Depression

Dieting

Disabilities Act

Domestic Violence Drug Policy

Drunk Driving

Endangered Oceans

Endangered Species

Espionage and Intelligence Gathering

Ethnic Violence

Euthenasia

Family Violence

Fat Tax On Food

Feminism

Foreign Oil Dependence

Foreign Policy

Foster Care

Fraud

Gambling

Gangs

Gay Marriage

Gay Rights

Genetic Engineering

Genetically Engineered Foods

Genocide

Global Resources

Global Warming

Government Fraud and Waste

Gun Control

Hate Crime

Health Care Policy

Home Schooling

Homeland Security

Homeless in America

Human Cloning

Immigration

Infectious Diseases

Inner City Poverty

Internet Chatrooms

Iraq

Islamic Fundamentalism

Juvenile Crime

Language Policy

Legal System

Littering

Marriage and Divorce

Media Violence

Medical Ethics

Medicinal Marijuana

Medicine Abuse

Minimum Wage

Missile Defense System

National Tobacco Settlement

Nonproliferation

Nuclear Technology

Organ Donation

Organized Crime

Peace

Physician-Assisted Suicide

Polygamy

Pornography

Poverty

Prison regime

Race Relations

Racial Profiling

Rain Forests

Recycling

Religious Right

Reproductive Technologies

Russia

School Uniforms

School Violence

Sex Education

Single Parent Families

Smoking

Social Security Reform

Social Welfare

Space Exploration

Stadium Taxes

Stem Cell Research

Tax Reform

Teen Pregnancy

Term Limits

Terrorism

Tobacco Industry

Trade with China

Transportation

US Budget

US War on Drugs

Urban Terrorism

Vaccinations

Violent Video Games

Voluntary National Testing

War Crimes

War On Drugs

Water Resources

Weapons Disarmament

Welfare Reform

Women in the Military

Women's Rights

Working Women

World Trade