LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS WOULD BENEFIT PUBLIC HEALTH

10 Jul LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS WOULD BENEFIT PUBLIC HEALTH

You have a start to your outline. You need to provide details/specifics.

(Please review the assignment and links, and see the Course Announcement on outlines, and resubmit this. Please go over the assignment in detail. Please follow the link to what a “good” outline looks like. (below). While I am not looking for all of the details of your final project, I AM looking for basic information. For instance, don’t just have: 5. Treatment options

A. Surgery

B. Medication

Or (worse yet)

5. Treatment Options

A. One treatment option

B. Another treatment option

I want you to provide more details, such as listing out the types of surgeries, or the medication classifications.

i. The more information like this that your provide, the better your final project will be. Ignore the ?one page? limit if you need to! I am more concerned about quality and sufficient information, and less about length!

ii. You are also welcome to change aspects of your outline if, as you do more research, you discover a treatment option that is in the experimental phase, or is newer, and that you didn’t know about. Your plans for your paper may change as you research!

Below is the example of how the right outline should be.

The most common type of outline is an alphanumeric outline, or an outline that uses letters and numbers in the following order:

I. Roman Numerals

A. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, etc.

B. Represent main ideas to be covered in the paper in the order they will be presented

II. Uppercase Letters

A. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, etc.

B. Represent subtopics within each main idea

III. Arabic Numbers

A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, etc.

B. Represent details or subdivisions within subtopics

IV. Lowercase Letters

A. a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, l, m, etc.

B. Represent details within subdivisions

Outline with main ideas, subtopics, subdivisions and details:

Thesis: Drugs should be legalized.
I. Legalization of drugs would reduce crime rates

A. Prohibition

1. Before Prohibition, crime rate related to alcohol were low-to-medium

2. During Prohibition, crime rates related to alcohol were high

a. Arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct increase 41%

b. Federal prison population increased 366%

3. After Prohibition, crime rates related to alcohol were very low

B. Amsterdam/Netherlands

1. Before Amsterdam had legalized marijuana, drug-related crime rates were high

2. After Amsterdam had legalized marijuana, drug-related crime rates dropped

II. Legalization of drugs would benefit the economy

A. Taxes

1. Local taxes

2. State taxes

3. Federal taxes

B. Business Owners

1. Drug production

2. Drug quality testing

3. Drug sales

III. Legalization of drugs would benefit public health

A. Quality of drugs would increase

1. Fake/dangerous drugs eliminated

2. Fake/placebo drugs eliminated

3. Amount of active ingredient standardized and stabilized

B. Drug users with addiction issues would get more help

1. Hospitals

2. Clinics

3. Public health clinics

C. Your people would be less likely to start drugs

Full-sentence outline:

Each roman numeral (I, II, III, IV…) indicates the start of a new paragraph. So I. is the first sentence of the introduction, II. is the first sentence of the first paragraph of the body, III. is the first sentence of the second paragraph of the body, and so on.
Each capital letter (A, B, C, D…) indicates a main point within the structure of the paragraph. So in our introduction, A. is the attention getter, B. is another attention getter, C. describes a point that makes the topic personal, and D. is the thesis statement.
Each Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3, 4…) indicates a sentence or piece of supporting evidence for each main point. So in the first body paragraph (II.), point A. is a general statement that needs some additional support, so 1. provides a supporting statement of fact and the citation of where that information came from. 2. provides another sentence with supporting evidence, as does 3.
Example of a full-sentence outline:

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