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Annotated Bibliography

Strong, Bernadette. “Use and Abuse of Opioid Drugs Has Increased.” Youth Health. Youth
Health Magazine, 16 October 2015. Web. 28 January 2017.
https://www. youthhealth.com/news.asldk.sdlfkadsfjal.html

This article provides results from the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) that
shares statistics on the increasing problems, diseases, and deaths from the misuse of opioid
drugs, which is causing what is being called by many “an epidemic.” The most compelling
statistic is the misuse of opioid drug deaths exceeding the total deaths of all other illicit drugs
combined. The information and statistics in this article give numerical data to strengthen my
argument and support the reality of the problem with opioid misuse and abuse. The online
magazine, Youth Health, targets a younger audience, and the article also has links between drug
use and dropouts, which will help this article relate to a high school audience.

Gupta, Sanjay. “Unintended consequences: Why painkiller addicts turn to heroin.” CNN
News. CNN.com, 3 January 2015. Web. 30 January 2017.
https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/29/health/gupta-unintended-consequences/index.html

Chief medical correspondent for CNN, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, explains in this article the effects of
FDA approved and doctor prescribed opioid pills like Oxycontin and Fentanyl turning into
unintended drug abuse and eventual addiction to heroin, as opioids are the ‘base’ in all of these
drugs. The profile of a heroin user has changed to an affluent, suburban, young man who was
prescribed pain killers and unknowingly becomes addicted. The addiction happens because the
body builds ‘tolerance’ to the drug and thinks it needs more for the original effect. If a person
becomes addicted, they may illegally acquire the pills, but heroin is the same effect for 1/10 of
the price. And this is how the epidemic continues. Lack of knowledge leads to unsuspecting
addicts.

"Growing up during a Heroin Epidemic." Christian Science Monitor, 02 May 2016. EBSCOhost.

There are multiple examples of personal stories of opioid and heroin drug overdoses in this
article that give examples of how an epidemic of this proportion is affecting just about every type
of person in a community: parents, kids, students, teachers, police officers and medical
personnel. It also has examples of how one community began a prevention and awareness
program that has made progress in helping numbers of drug-related incidents decline in a school
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setting. I know that our school has the GMSSC, but I wonder what type of prevention programs
it offers that may be similar to this school. The source is a Christian publication, but none of the
information has religious bias, so it is giving unbiased and credible information.