Day 215- That Time I Brought Up Crystal Meth

Today was the day of my first debate. The subject was THW make voting mandatory. Grace and I were against the proposition. Which was totally unfair, because, how are you supposed to come up with valid points not to make voting mandatory in the two minutes they gave us? Plus, this was our first debate, and we were up against two senior debaters who had both been to Nationals before.
So, about the crystal meth...
I had seen this picture on Pinterest this morning:

and showed the folks of the round table the picture at lunch. So, I had the names of a few drugs in my head already. While we were debating, I brought up the point that "you shouldn't make those who don't believe in voting vote, just as soon as you would make me, someone who does not support... crystal meth, participate in crystal meth."
In my defense, my mind had totally gone blank, and I was relying on the tiny speech I had scrounged up. That remark had been so embarrassing, that I dedicated a page in my debate notebook to the "Debating Hall Of Crap".
If that wasn't bad enough, only one person had to go after me. Their speech went something like: "I'm going to boil down this debate, much like you boil down crystal meth."
All in all, they said Grace and I did well for our first debate. Grace had good points, and I had a good speaking voice, but we both sucked in the other's category. Both of our qualities are things judges look for while debating, I think we actually have a shot, since at the tournament in two days, everyone will be in the same boat as us.