Gathering ideas:

Brainstorming

Curiosity about
unknown or
prohibited
things

Health CausesCauses
and Effects
of
impacts of Drug Addiction

Influenced by Depression
friends and

Causes and effects of drug addiction

Essay Outline

I. INTRODUCTION

II. BODY

A. Body/ supporting Paragraph 1

Main Idea: Curiosity and Peer Pressure

Supporting Ideas -

i) Media depicting it as glamorous social recreation

ii) Celebrities taking drugs
 iii) sarcasm and bullying

B. Body/ supporting Paragraph 2

Main Idea: Family Environment and Personal Pressures

Supporting Ideas –

i) poor discipline
ii) negative patterns of communication, such as criticism and blame
iii) poor bonding in the family
iv) instability in relationships with friends and family
v) economic insolvency

C. Body/ supporting Paragraph 3

Main Idea: physical and mental impacts

Supporting Ideas –

i) Damage to cardiovascular, liver and neural systems

ii) Weakened immune system
iii) Loss of mental stability

III. CONCLUSION