Research Proposal Editing

medically (without a physician’s prescription); first use opioids, legally or illegally; not because a doctor

prescribed it; first non-prescription opioids.

There are two primary drivers for opioid abuse: (1) heroin street use--typically urban, mean age of 16

and non-white; the other (2) prescription use--starts as a pain medication and is taken outside of the

physician’s orders or through the use of multiple doctors. These opioid abusers are more likely to be

older, white and rural or small town residents. Heroin users stick with street drugs; whereas,

prescription started opioid use is at risk of abusing street heroin (possibly easier access). NOT THE

REVERSE!

Why would you assume that misuse of prescription opioids is recreational? Could it be more likely, that

the doctor has cut a patient off when he/she is in serious pain? What about physicians, I read that it is

not uncommon for dentist to prescribe an opioid after a root canal for 3 months. The reality if that the

pain of a root canal probably does not last for more than 12 to 24 hours!

Also, opioid is how it is spelled.

YOU NEED TO DECIDE WHAT YOU MEAN, BASED ON PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC STUDIES!

2. The sentence:

One article that refers to the crisis in depth and terms it an epidemic is “The Cost of the Opiod Crisis” by

Sheelah Kohlhatkar, in the September 18, 2017 edition of the New Yorker.” IS NOT APA! Try:

Kohlhatkar (2017) argues that the opioid crisis is a costly epidemic and that it would behoove President

Trump to tackle it.

Kolhatkar, S. (September 18, 2017). The cost of the opioid crisis: Trump says he wants an economic

revival. He could start by tackling an epidemic. The New Yorker. Retrieved September 26, 2017 at:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/18/the-cost-of-the-opioid-crisis

This is the only study that you are referring to when I have posted multiple studies on Moodle. Did you

read them? I am concerned that if you are not reading the current studies, then you may be asking a

question that has already been answered.

3. You state that you are going to survey CSUN classes. Did you secure the permissions? This is not

easy to do. Did you read the 2017-2018 Capstone Handbook (on Moodle page)? It lists the required

permissions.

4. In SECTION 3--you state that if you (the subject) has only used an opioid as prescribed--but you don’t

leave open the option that someone has never been prescribed an opioid. BUT my bigger question, is if

someone has been careful in taking as prescribed--how come? Did the doctor limit the prescription to

just a few days, not renew, spend time explaining its dangers?

5. Your Qualifications Section --needs to be a paragraph. ALSO the data analysis will “not be simple”

but descriptive statistics.