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Sociology of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
The final paper requires you to use any of the readings discussed in class to analyze a news article about
alcohol and/or drug usage. You are required to use at least one article to analyze the topic of a related
news article. This assignment will require you to connect what you’ve learned from the class material and
apply it to a topic of your choosing.
Reading Material:
Week 1 Material
– Why Are Some Drugs Illegal and Others Not?
– https://theconversation.com/history-not-harm-dictates-why-some-drugs-ar
e-legal-and-others-arent-110564
– Timeline for Marijuana Legalization
– https://www.fool.com/investing/timeline-for-marijuana-legalization-in-theunited.aspx
– Prohibition
– https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition
Week 2 Material
– Understanding Drug Use and Addiction
– https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/understanding-drug-us
e-addiction
– Original Rat Park Stud
– https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20130910-drug-addiction-the-comple
x-truth
– The Drug Addictions of Mice and Me
– https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pop-psych/201509/the-drug-a
ddictions-mice-and-men
Week 3 Material
– Prescription Drug Statistics
– https://www.rehabs.com/explore/prescription-drug-abuse-statistics/
– Big Pharma: Are They Advertising Addiction?
– https://drugabuse.com/big-pharma-are-they-advertising-addiction