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Topic 9 Assignment: The New Drug Abuse Crisis Drugs have been a part of society for many years but a new trend is moving the addiction crisis to a broader section of our population. Fueled in part by prescription drugs creating addictions, addicts are now seeking illegal prescriptions and street drugs to feed their addictions, as “New Danger Emerging in the Opioid Crisis Gripping America” (Fox News) explains: Research this crisis and present your research in a 1-2 page double-spaced short essay. What is this crisis? How many people are affected? Who is responsible and why? How can this problem be fixed? How is this problem related to social harm theory? In addition to your textbook, you may wish to refer to information from the article “Prescription Drug Abuse” (Key Issues in Crime and Punishment: Crime and Criminal Behavior). If you use the exact words from online sources or your textbook, put those words in quotes (“like this”) and give information about your source in parentheses right afterward. Include a list of all the sources you used at the end of your paper. Submit this assignment to the dropbox “Topic 9 Assignment: The New Drug Abuse Crisis.” (You can find this dropbox by clicking the “next” arrow at the top right of your screen.) This assignment is worth 40 points and will be graded according to the scoring guide below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7cUo51xxVY&feature=youtu.be

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