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Jasmine Couch
Professor Richardson
12 March 2019
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This source is about substance abuse and mental illness prevention, in this website they
present different types of topics you can read about. For example, some of the tabs that they have
are alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, behavioral health treatment in services along with many
others. When you go on the website the first thing you’ll read is “Prevention in early intervention
strategies can reduce the impact of mental and substance use disorders in America’s
communities” this shows that on this website there are tools that people can use to help
themselves. They are working hard to increase awareness of mental health issues. They have
listed links you can go to to read more in-depth about a certain topics. For example, you can
click the NIDA link and click on the drug abuse tab and I will give you a list of drugs that you
can learn about. They tell you about the side effects in the long term effects that the drug has to
your body.
The purpose of them making this website is so people have resources about multiple
different topics. For example on this website they talk about drug abuse and mental health. They
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give you status on drug use during pregnancy. The purpose of them making/writing this essay
people are able to go to a place and read about topics. The audience for this piece is everyone
there is there a certain person that they’re reaching too. That information is credible because it’s
a government website. The website was updated on January 14, 2019 they give you stats on drug
use during pregnancy. The purpose of the making/readiness I said before able to go to a place
and read about topics. The audience for this piece is everyone there is there a certain person that
they’re reaching to. That information is credible because it’s a government website. The website
was updated on January 14, 2019 in the writer is Alison Bradbury. I will be using the
information from this website to show the side effects that drugs have on people. Overall this
source is very credible and gives a lot of information that is really helpful.
Dada, Siphokazi, et al. “Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Women Seeking Substance Abuse
” South African Journal of Science, vol. 114, no. 9/10, 2018, doi:10.17159/sajs.2018/4451.
This source talks about substance abuse in South Africa, despite a high prevalence of
alcohol and other drug use (AOD) in South Africa, little information is known. Data was
treatments were reported, The most common substance use with alcohol been following
was methamphetamine. They also stated that more than a quarter of women said that poly-
substance of abuse. This study provides so much reliable data, I say that because all of the
data/information is gathered from treatment centers that have collected the data.
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The purpose of this website is to show the stats from another country. There’s not a
certain audience that they are targeting to, this was published in 2018. So it is still relevant to
today’s questions and the context of this website is almost all facts that they have collected. They
present many graphs and show data they have collected. The writers of this article are Siphokazi
Dada, Nadine Harker Burnhams, Ria Laubscher, and Charles David parry. The others are
credible because they collected their information from centers. Everything they show in this
article is from a reliable center I have sent the data to them. This article will help me show data
in my paper and will help me answer a lot of the questions I had and possibly any question the
reader has. Overall this source is one of the most reliable out of all seven, I say that because they
Frolik, Cornelius. “More Kids Removed from Homes for Parental Drug Abuse.”
law/more-kids-removed-from-homes-for-parental-drug-
abuse/KpJMnK5yceYLP5JwOd6MTN/.
This article was written by Cornelius frolik, which is a staff writer at the Dayton Daily
News. The main point of this article is to explain and show that kids are being removed from
home because parental drug abuse. It’s a really bad problem that is happening in today society.
Some of the main point in this article are the number of kids in foster care in Ohio. Another point
they make is,“ In The last two years foster children whose removal primarily was attributed to
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parental drug use which has increased by 31%.” A big point they stated was between 62 and
85% of children in foster care have been exposed to substance abuse and their homes. One of the
last things they stated was that drug abuse is one of the main reasons for the increase to foster
children.
The author's main purpose was to raise awareness of drug abuse and how it affects their
family. There’s not a certain audience that they are trying to reach, they are just trying to get the
message across to anyone that will listen. This was written in the beginning of a spike of drug
use in the Dayton area. They do a good job with showing how there has been a rising of drug use
in our how it’s been affecting kids in our area. The result of parents abusing drugs is that their
kids are taken away from them. The writer of this article is Cornelius Frolik, this article is
credible because they back up all of their statements with facts. I will use this source to help pack
Galvão, et al. “Economic and Sociocultural Poverty in Drug Abuse: from Individual to
www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-12902018000300820.
This is about research on drug abuse, data was collected from interviews in Portugal with
15 people getting treatment for addiction, related to alcohol and illegal drugs. The interview goes
into their lives, they talk about gender discrimination, schooling environment, and family and
friends relationship. They also state that drug abuse is highly prevalent and complex individual
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behavior. Another thing they state is that drug addicts are often incapable of keeping a job.
Which leads them to steal from others, they also talk about the stigmatization of drug addiction,
Their purpose of writing this for us so we can see their perspective. They analyze the
interview that was done with people who are getting the help I said before. There isn’t a certain
audience for this article, the writer of this is i their purpose of writing this for us so we can see
their perspective. They analyze the interview that was done with people who are getting the help
I said before. There isn’t a certain audience for this article, the writer of this is Ana Erika
Oliverira. They cited anything they used at the end of the article. This was posted on May 15
2019, this article will be able to help me show how and what caused so many people to turn to
substance abuse. Overall this source will be very helpful when it comes to writing my final
“An Interview with a Teen Suffering from Molly Drug Addiction.” Inspirations Youth, 13 Oct.
2018, inspirationsyouth.com/an-interview-with-a-teen-suffering-from-molly-drug-
addiction/.
This source is an interview with a teenager that was suffering from drug addiction. She
talks about her struggles with drugs and she speaks out about her addiction with a designer drug
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which is Molly. This drug is mostly used by young adults like college students. She talks about
how dangerous it is, and how she nonstop did it for six months straight. She also went on to
explain why she didn’t stop for six months in the interview she says, “ when you come down
from Molly your serotonin, dopamine, and everything is just down. It’s just very down Molly
literally fries your brain. The overdose on Molly is literally your body temperature goes up.” She
then goes on to talk about her treatment plan, she says she goes to meetings and listen. During
the interview they show a picture of her when she was first admitted into the treatment center,
The author's purpose of interviewing Molly was so she can get her word out. By her
telling her experience it can help other people see what drugs can do to you. The audience they
are trying to reach our teenagers, they are trying to reach out to them because they are the ones
most affected by this certain drug, Molly is also a teenager so she can relate to other teens. The
author/writer of this article name is Zach, this interview took place on January 26, 2017. This
source is relatable to my topic because it allows me to put in information about teen substance
abuse. This source is also reliable because it’s being told by the person is happened to. The
information I gathered from the source is going to be very helpful during the writing of my
essay. There’s a lot of information I can pull from this article that will help back up my claims.
This will help me articulate my stances towards this topic. Overall I am happy that I stumbled
across this article. It’s going to be very helpful, because it’s a interview and she doesn’t seem to
www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/substance-abuse.
This websites main idea is the show the importance of substance abuse. The effects of
substance are major, such as physical, mental, and public health problems. This can include
teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, child abuse, crime, suicide, and domestic
violence. They talk about understanding substance abuse and emerging issues. In 2009 LSD
significantly fell from 2.7 to 1.9 percent. With the improvement in brain imaging and medication
that assist in treatment, it has helped researchers better understand substance abuse. There is now
a understanding that substance abuse there’s possibly a disorder that develops at a young age for
some individuals. Over the past five years there has been a rise in prescription drug abuse which
is a major thing.
The writer's purpose for writing this article was to help get new information out about
substance abuse. There isn't a certain audience that they are trying to reach out to they are just
putting new information out. This website is reliable because they are a government website and
they also cited any other website they used. This was written around 2005 so the data in this isnt
really useful for my research topic, because I am trying to use sources that were recently written.
But if someone was looking to use this source is 100% reliable. There is a author/writer listed on
the page but the cities they used were also cites that other sources used. Overall this source is
very informative.
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“What Is Substance Abuse? Basic Facts & Definitions - Drug-Free World.” Foundation for
commonly-abused-drugs.html.
This source stands for a drug free world, they really invested in getting the correct
information out. They list multiple references that people can click on and read about different
drugs, they also have a online course that is free that you can take. In this course you will learn
about the truth of drugs and they also offer a free booklet. One of the first things that you will see
when you go on this website is a documentary that you can watch. In the article about Marijuana
they state that, “Cannabis is number three of the top five substances which account for
admissions to drug treatment facilities in the united states, ar 16%”. Lately Marijuana has
become more stronger because they have learned new growing techniques and selective use of
the seeds. A lot of people who smoke marijuana build a tolerance for the drug which leads them
to stronger drugs so that they can chase their drugs. Then one of the biggest things that is a
problem in today’s society is alcohol, what a lot of people don't know is if you consume a large
amount of alcohol you can go into a coma. The problem with teenagers drinking is that their
bodys are still growing and the alcohol and drugs has a major impact on their physical and
There is not a writer/author listed on the website but everything they used is cited at the
end of every page. They do a really good job with making the information easy to read, they
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don't use big words people won't understand or anything like that. This website is reliable
because almost all of the sources they used were government sources which shows they really do
their research to make sure they get everything right. I will be able to use this information to
backup my claims about the side effects that these substance have on people.