The opioid epidemic has skyrocketed in recent years from the number of overdoses on

these prescription drugs and heroin related deaths which can say a lot about the society we are
moving forward as.

Hsu, Jeremy. "Can Medical Cannabis Break The Painkiller Epidemic?." ​Scientific American
315.3 (2016): 10-12. ​Academic Search Complete​. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
- This source gives me a counter position to the opioid epidemic. This article gives me
solutions to this epidemic and how we can fix it. One main part of my paper will be the
solutions that can change this epidemic around. So this article gives me all the
information needed to convey my readers of this solution I believe in, which would be
medical marijuana in this case.

Grau, Lauretta E., et al. "Illicit use of Opioids: Is OxyContin® a “Gateway Drug”?" ​The
American Journal on Addictions​ 16.3 (2007): 166-73. Print.G
-This source just gives me the basic information I needed to understand this problem and how to
get my basic information to write my paper. This article helped me introduce the statistics I
wrote in my paper. It also helped me give the basic information needed to understand how this
epidemic is so wide spread so I can relate that to the reader and how to control it.

Berman, Jillian. "How A Big Drug Company Inadvertently Got Americans Hooked On Heroin."
The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 25 Feb. 2014. Web. 24 Oct. 2016.

"OxyContin Gateway Drug to Heroin - OxyContin Detox." ​Novus Medical Detox Center​. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2016.

“The Numbers Behind America’s Heroin Epidemic.” ​The New York Times​. The New York
Times, 29 Oct. 2015. Web. 31 Oct. 2016.
- I like this source by the New York times because it gives me personal stories through
people who this epidemic have affected directly. These personal stories help me get a
better feel for my own opinion and how to build my article based off of that.

"Oxycontin Acting As Pathway Drug For Adolescent Heroin Addiction." Brown University
Child & Adolescent Behavior Letter 21.7 (2005): 6-7. Education Source. Web. 24 Oct. 2016.

Cicero, Theodore J., and Matthew S. Ellis. “The Prescription Opioid Epidemic.” ​Advances in
Pediatrics.,​ U.S. National Library of Medicine, Sept. 2017
- This source gives me a students look on this topic, and gives me more information on my
same opinion which agrees with this students.
 I think I need to still research a lot of facts about the influence this had on families lives.
Individual stories help people relate more to the problem that it has on society. The personal
relationship the reader can form with the story creates an interest in the paper and a personal
development to the problem. I need to research how it has affected kids, wives, husbands, etc. I
think this is important since it will let the reader dive in to the effect of not only society, but as it
affects many households. I also still need to interview a person for my quotes. I contacted a
person for an interview but they did not agree.