Monday, March 2, 2009

Exploratory Worksheet

1) Peoples lives are destroyed through the abuse of drugs. Drug use affects everyone around it. People of all ages are abusing drugs and don’t realize the consequences that follow their actions. For instance Michael Phelps has just destroyed his image through the use of drugs and it will always taint his name.
2) Many famous people have died or destroyed their lives through drugs. Everyone has been around drugs or been affected by them some way shape or form. It is something everyone can weigh in on.
3) A) Drug users: They see drugs as an escape and actually a tool to make their lives better
B) Non Users: They see that drugs actually hurt a person worse and they are just temporary solutions to their problems.
C)People that are Un aware: They do not know enough about drugs and its effects and don’t really care about the issue because it doesn’t effect them.
4) My personal interest is that I have been around drugs abusers and I can see the damage it does to their own lives and the lives around them.

1 comment:

  1. Denton, just as many of your peers, you need to make the positions in the issue you are going to explore more specific. As is, your topic proposal lists scenarios of attitudes to drugs by different types of people. However drugs themselves are not an issue, they are a substance. Wanting to legalize drugs, or necessity for better anti-drug policies, or whether professional athletes should be suspended from competing if they use drugs that are not performance-enhancing are issues. So, your positions need to be reformulated in the light of what different people argue abut the same issue. Naturally, you’ll need to articulate a specific issue first.

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