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This source comes from Rehab.com, which is a website that
provides information for those suffering with substance abuse and behavioral
addictions. Rehab.com remains unbiased with respect to news regarding drug
abuse. They have a treatment directory that offers several treatment centers as
well as professional contributors.
The author of this source is Matthew Berry, an experienced
copywriter and journalist. After searching his name, I found an extensive amount
of articles mostly focused on drug abuse, law and crime. This makes the source
more credible because the author is not just an ordinary blogger; he is a
well-known journalist.
The source came out April 2, 2015; during that time,
according to the article, over 20 percent of Americans were taking five or more
prescription drugs. After searching other drug related news during the month of
April in 2015, I found that the number of U.S infants born with Neonatal
abstinence syndrome- a drug-withdrawal syndrome that often occurs after
exposure to prescription narcotic painkillers during pregnancy- has quadrupled
since 2004. This further proves how big of a role drugs are playing in America
over that past few years.
This source provides specific numbers and data regarding the
increasing percent of people taking prescription drugs over the past decade. It
includes different parties: doctors, pharmaceutical companies, as well as
economists. The article concludes with the statement that no matter what one’s
position is on America’s prescription drug culture, that person is entirely in
control of the decisions made regarding his or her health. Along with that
concluding paragraph, all of the factual information presented in this article
will be helpful for the content of my project.
This source comes from Time Magazine, which is a widely
known magazine that has been around for years. If this magazine were not a credible
source, it would have been dismissed years ago. It also cites all of its
sources and provides links related to the topic of discussion.
The authors of the source are Zachary F. Meisel and
Jeanmarie Perrone. Zachary is a practicing emergency physician as well as a
medical editor of the LDI Health Economist, an online magazine. Jeanmarie is an
associate professor of emergency medicine and director of Division of Medical
Toxicology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also published in major
journals (NEJM and JAMA) on the topic of the prescription-drug epidemic. Having
authors who are so familiar with this controversial topic makes this source
undoubtedly credible.
The source was released November 26, 2012; during this time
as many know, Obama was re-elected as president and Obamacare took action. This
could have affected America’s drug epidemic by making prescription drugs more
accessible for all citizens, evidently worsening the current epidemic.
Meisel and Perrone’s article is slightly biased towards
doctors and they prove several points to support their argument which will be
beneficial to my essay.
This article also comes from Time Magazine, which as
mentioned before, is a widely known and safe magazine that includes citations
and links; therefore, it is a credible source.
The author of this source is Maia Szalavitz; she is a
neuroscience journalist and author of the book “Unbroken Brain: Why Addiction
is a Learning Disorder and Why It Matters.” Szalavitz is clearly very familiar
with this controversial topic and this article is not her first.
The source came out September 19, 2011; during this exact
month and year, at least 36 states began to seek drug tests for welfare
recipients. This just shows how big of an epidemic America’s drug abuse had
become.
The source offers statistics on deaths per year of overdoses
compared to traffic accidents. It also provides insight on the amount of deaths
caused by accidental poisoning of children. This creates another stakeholder
for my essay; the author provides a metaphor of drug safety to car safety.
Careful prescribing practices could be the “seatbelts and airbags” of drug
safety.
This article comes from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA), which is a comprehensive website with research and treatment reports
and news. This source has all of
its citations at the end of the article, making it credible.
The author of the source is Nora D. Volkow, the director of
NIDA and research psychiatrist and scientist. Her studies have documented
changes in the dopamine system and how it affects the functions of pleasure in
addiction. She has also published numerous articles, books and manuscripts
related to mental and addictive disorders.
The source was released May 2014; during this time, drug
agencies had come up with a take-home naloxone, an opioid antagonist, to reduce
overdose deaths. This is related to my controversial topic because it shows
that by 2014, people began brainstorming different ways to inhibit the amount
of prescription drug overdoses occurring in the United States.
This source represents the side of the argument that accuses
doctors of being the main cause of America’s drug abuse issue. The article also
gives insight on the effect drugs have on the human mind and body and how
addictions are created. This will help my essay by proving the severity of drug
abuse.
This source is a video recorded interview coming from
Huffington Post, which is a website that links to regular news sources. It
provides citations for all of the information provided, as well as links to PDF
files providing more data on the content of the article.
The author of the source is Jilllian Berman; after searching
her name on Google, I found her twitter account, which happens to be verified.
Her biography claims that she is a reporter for Market Watch and is the
Associate Business Editor for Huffington Post; she has written several articles
and has been working in the news media for several years.
The source was released February of 2014; during this time Joaquin
‘El Chapo’ Guzman, the world’s most wanted drug lord, was finally arrested. He
was Mexico’s top drug trafficker and had been transporting multi-ton cocaine
shipments to the United States, the worlds top consumer. His organization has
also been involved in the production and smuggling of Mexican methamphetamine
and heroin. His arrest definitely inhibited the amount of drug distribution
coming through the United States from Mexico.
This source provides information on the heroin market as
well as representing stakeholders pointing the blame on pharmaceutical
companies for convincing doctors their drugs were not as addictive as they
truly were. This is important for my project because it perfectly portrays one
of the sides of this controversial argument.
This source comes form drugwatch.com, which is a website
that advocates for people to stand against prescription drugs that have harmful
side effects. This is an informative website that has a number people can call
who have questions regarding commonly used drugs. They constantly update their
website with new information’s about research breakthroughs, clinical trials,
recalls, etc.
The author of this article is Chris Elkins. He is a writer
and researcher for this company. He has worked for various newspapers and is
experiences in sports, health communication and public relations. He has a master’s
degree in Strategic Communication and Leadership from the University of West
Florida. This information proves that Elkins is familiar with this
controversial topic and experienced enough to write about it.
The source was released on July 29th, 2015.
During this time, an article was released on Abc News stating that heroin-related
deaths have quadrupled as the drug epidemic continues to impact the United
States. These numbers being released less than a year ago again prove the
severity of America’s current drug problem.
This website provides stats as well as information on the
most addictive drugs being used and their different brands. It also traces back
to the time when Americans began getting hooked, which surprisingly happened in
the 1960’s. This article provides a brief history of drug abuse in America
since that decade and how the country got to the severity it is at today.
This source comes from Time Magazine, which as mentioned
before, is a widely known and safe magazine that includes citations and links;
therefore, it is a credible source.
The author of this source is Maia Szalavitz; she is a
neuroscience journalist and author of the book “Unbroken Brain: Why Addiction
is a Learning Disorder and Why It Matters.” Szalavitz is clearly very familiar
with this controversial topic and this article is not her first.
The article was released April 20, 2011. During this time,
the World Health Organization found that drug resistance was becoming more
severe and many infections were no longer easily cured, leading to greater risk
of death. This is related to my controversial topic because doctors and
pharmacists could be prescribing and dispensing only the drugs that are
required to treat a patient, instead of giving the newest medicines along with
antibiotics. It all seems to trace back to the physicians.
This article offers insight on a new initiative to reduce
prescription painkiller misuse and overdose. The new plan includes funding for
state prescription drug monitoring programs and programs that educate more
doctors about risks related to opioid painkillers. This is be helpful to the
concluding part of my project where I offer the different solutions to the
controversy.
This source comes from Whitehouse.gov. Considering the
domain is “.gov,” this source denotes a government website, making it credible.
Additionally the PDF document provides several names of companies and
organizations in bold, as well as citations and links providing where the data
was retrieved.
The author of this source is not listed. This is not an
article of opinion; it is more of a report or layout plan created by the
government to fix the drug issue.
The file was released in 2011. During this year, a major
news report was conducted, proving that more than 60 percent of males that were
arrested had tested positive for drug use. As stated several times before, this
just further proves how severe the drug issue in America is. The fact that over
half of these criminals were on drugs proves that drugs were a large factor in
their behavior and actions.
This source provides the plan that President Obama and the
government advised in hopes of reducing drug abuse in the country. Their plan
includes raising awareness about the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs. It
also includes better tracking and monitoring of prescribing drugs for actual
pain and preventing abuse.
This source comes from Fox News, which is a widely known
news station that covers breaking news from all over the world. It has been
around for several years and has been criticized for being slightly biased when
it comes to reporting news. However, the video that I watched is not biased at
all and is strictly information based.
There is no author of this source because it is an
interview. The interviewer is Geraldo Rivera and he refers to his news reports
as “Geraldo at Large.” After researching his name, I found that he is a long
time news reporter and journalist who gives updates on current events from
around the world. He has been working for Fox News Channel since 2001 and the
only controversy he has encountered was when he criticized military plans in Iraq
in 2003.
The video was released January 2013; during this time data
was released claiming that Pharmacists ranked in top three in a survey that
measures the public’s trust of professionals, including healthcare. It
emphasizes that pharmacists are the face of neighborhood healthcare and are
highly trusted medical professionals. This relates to my controversial topic
because pharmacists are of the major parties being blamed for America’s drug
epidemic.
This video provides interviews of teenagers who got hooked
on heroin and how heroin was a cheap result of opioid addictions. There are
also clips of pharmacy robberies, emphasizing how desperate for a high drug
addicts get. This doesn’t necessarily represent any stakeholders; it just
proves how necessary it is to take action in inhibiting drug use within the
country.
This source comes from the Modern Medicine Network. After
researching this website, I found that they get all of their content and news
from credited information sources. It is essentially a news hub for health
industry professionals.
The author of this source is Mark Lowery, the content editor
for the Drug Topics Magazine. He is very experienced in this area because after
researching his name, I found several medical related articles written by him.
The source was released on February 3, 2014. During this
time, as mentioned before, Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, the world’s most wanted
drug lord, was finally arrested.
This article provides more insight on what pharmacies are
currently doing to inhibit the amount of drug abuse in the country, and how
unhappy it is making their customers. This includes on of the major
stakeholders (Pharmacies) for my project, and will prove to be very helpful for
the content of my controversial topic.
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Sunday, February 7, 2016
My Sources
In this post, I will provide ten useful sources for my controversial topic for Project 1.
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