The Opioid Epidemic Analysis

Going into this class, I thought it was just going to another English, but now thinking back I did learn something new. I would like to believe that I was pretty attentive. I did not miss any task, but I did turn in seven task in late; task number two, six, seven, nine, ten, eleven, and fourteen. I did open all of the readings and I would either skim it or I would read it; several times even. My favorite reading was by Bill Ivey and Steven J. Tepper the “Cultural Renaissance or Cultural Divide?”.

I learned a couple things like to ask questions even if they sound dumb to yourself; to not overthink things; start working on assignments earlier rather than later; and have a clear understanding of what the assignments or least an understanding

(2017). How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic? FRONTLINE. Retrieved 10 April 2017, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-bad-is-the-opioid-epidemic/.

I am not proficient at producing writing that exhibits relatively few mechanical, grammatical, usage, and spelling errors. An example is the beginning of my conclusion in essay number three: “Since communication has been around for so long, it has gone through its own version of evolution. Starting with what some people think is grunts to going ancient languages like Greek and Latin to the languages we have available to us today, English, Spanish, French, to our modern version of language, of emotions and condensed words like lol, btw, tbh,

An example is in task number twenty: “The purpose of both of the resources is to inform people about addictions. “How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?” is more about show facts and “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition),” is more about how addictions are treated and how addictions are diseases. Both resources take different forms. “How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?” is an article and “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)” is more of a medical journal; what Nora D. Volkow, M.D found out about addictions. The “How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?” is shock people into worrying about the addiction epidemic America is facing. The “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)” is to let people understand more about addictions and how addictions could be considered as a disease. Even though both resources are about addictions, “How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?” plays on the human emotion of fear, anger, and disgust; and “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)” plays on the human emotion of sadness and anticipation. For the most part, “How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?” by Dan Nolan and Chris Amico and “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)” by Nora D. Volkow, M.D follows the McCloud’s chapter 7