Assignment
A. Drug Use Issues
Choose a current issue in the news or new or proposed legislation regarding a drug discussed in Chapters 1-4. For example, the city of San Diego decided to allow both cultivation and distribution of recreational marijuana. In another example, the federal Department of Health and Human Services is investigating why insurance companies make opioids more accessible than other pain treatments by making opioids less expensive.
Use what you learned from the article/news report, from Chapters 1-4 in your textbook and from at least two additional academic sources to answer the following 8 questions. You need to obtain information from your additional sources to be able to answer these questions and not just use the one article you chose.
1. ARTICLE/NEWS REPORT: Give a very brief summary of what the article says.
2. MESSAGES:
a.What messages is this article/report giving?
b. What conflicting or mixed messages are being given about this issue to the public?
3. RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION: What restrictive legislation or policies exist regarding this issue? (Cite your source)
4. ATITUDES: What are the present-day attitudes related to this issue? (Cite your source)
POPULATIONS: See handout below on how to report on populations. (Cite your source)
a. Does this issue have a greater impact on certain population?
b. Which ones (age, region, ethnicity, socioeconomic level or other)?
5. PREVALENCE: What is the prevalence of use of this substance (most recent year available) in your city or state? You will need to look up the prevalence. See handout on how to report on prevalence, below. (Cite your source)
6. VIOLENCE: Is this substance associated with violence or crime (pharmacological, economically compulsive or systemic - see pages 38-39 of text book)? (Cite your source)
7. OPINION: What is your opinion on this issue and why? (For example, do you agree with the proposed legislation or policy change? What do you think about increasing or decreasing access to the substance?) You do not need any citations here but you may include them if you want.
FORMAT: Use these headings to make sure you don't leave anything out (See sample post)
1. ARTICLE/NEWS REPORT:
2. MESSAGES:
3. RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION:
4. ATITUDES:
5. POPULATIONS:
6. PREVALENCE:
7. VIOLENCE:
8. OPINION:
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.