Research Argument Essay Final Draft
XIAO 3
Yongtao Xiao(Wesley)
Annotated works cited pages for Research Argument Essay
11/29/2018
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Doughlas, R. Marijuana Use Increases Violent Behavior. 20 March 2016. 29 November 2018 <https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-new-brain/201603/marijuana-use-increases-violent-behavior>.
Psychology today is a psychologist website of researching on psychological issues. Douglass R is a neuroscientist and a researcher focusing on issues related to cellular mechanisms which regulate the development and learning of nervous systems according to the functional activities. The article main message is how the use of Bhang causes violent behaviors in individual due to change in the functioning of the brain as smoking marijuana prolongs. The authors reasoning a bit fault when he states that violent behavior among people using bhang may be facilitated by social, economic or cultural factors and finally concludes that among the result of the study demonstrated the impact of bhang on violent behavior but does not consider other causal factors. This article will help in developing an understanding of the changes occurring in neural functioning which facilitate violent behaviors among bhang users.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction. July 2018. 29 November 2018 <https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/preventing-drug-misuse-addiction-best-strategy>.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse is a website the present information regarding drug abuse issues. The author of the article is the Nationals Institute on Drugs Abuse whereby people in the institution are the one who wrote it. The main message of the article is to prevent ways in which drugs misuse and addiction can be prevented among the youths. The article is accompanied by fault whereby it concentrates on the research-based prevention programs and ignores other initiatives. The article will help the researcher to identify the best strategy to prevent youth from engaging in drugs.
Phillips, M.D. "Assessing the Impact of Drug Use and Drug Selling on Violent Offending in a Panel of Delinquent Youth." Journal of Drug Issues (2012, 42(3)): 298-316.
The article is a journal on drug issues which discusses issues related to drugs use. Philip, Matthew is pursuing a doctorate at University at Albany in the School of Criminal Justice Departments in New York, USA and currently working as a research analyst in Rochester Youths development study. The main message in the article is the evaluation of drug use and drug selling and its impact on violent offenses among delinquent youths. The author reasoning is a fault because he generalizes all drugs instead of specializing which are more likely to cause violent behaviors. This article will help the researcher obtain information regarding the effect of drug use and trafficking in facilitating the commission of crimes.
Somani, S and S Meghani. "Substance Abuse among Youth: A Harsh Reality." Emergency Medicine, 6 (2016): 330.
Emergency medicine is a journal that presents information on issue emerging in the area of health and medicines. The authors of the article work in the University of Central Asia whereby Somani Salima is the Nursing education resource person. The main information present by the article is the reality about substance abuse among the youths being a public health problem across the globe. The article is accompanied by some faults whereby it present extended information about other effects of drugs other than crime hence it may lead the researcher to move out of their topic. However, the article will help the researcher to obtain information about substance use and its impact from broader perspective since it addresses the issue at a global level.
Xue, Yange, Marc Zimmerman and Rebbecca Cunningham. "Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Violent Behavior Among Urban African American Youths From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study." American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 99(11) (2009): 2041-2048.
This article is published in the American Journal of Public Health. The journal explores issue affecting the health of the people and their disparities. The main author of the article is Xue Yange who works with Mathematica Policy Research in Princeton. Zimmerman March works with the Department of Health Behaviors and Health Education in Michigan. While Cunningham works in the departments of Emergency medicine in the University of Michigan. The main idea of the article is to show that there exists a relationship between alcohol used and violence, especially among the Urban African Americans youths. The documents strive to demonstrate that there are factors that facilitate the use of drugs to impact violence which are different among groups in the society. The article is accompanied by a fault whereby the researcher concentrated on African Americans who live in areas with loss school achievements. The finding of the article cannot be used to generalize the whole population of African American Youths. This article will help the research with information about the effects of alcohol violent behaviors so that they can be cross checked with those of bhang.