RJA #15

I learned a great amount of information just from doing research such as more ways to find resources. For other papers I've used the same ones and in this research paper allowed me to use other search engines and get to know the library web page. I will continue to use the ones I thought were useful.
I learned a lot about my topic than i knew before since i needed a lot of information to fulfill how long the paper needed to be. I will continue to use OWL purdue because it helped with formatting my paper since I have never written a paper in MLA before and the delicious account came to be very useful when having to deal with multiple links for this paper.

RJA #14 Progress

For my application project my plan is to write various journal entries from day to day from a parent's point of view worried about her teen's drug habits. It will start off with the first signs and symptoms and progress with the teen doing worse. It will go in detail about the parent's feelings and emotions and some things she's going to try to do to help. The journal will end with the mom getting her teen help and resolving the problem.

So far I have an outline made for how I will be writing my paper. I have a half way done rough draft of my paper. My rough draft has the main topics of what i will be discussing in each journal but still needs details. I also have the references that I will be using for my paper in APA format.

I still need to add more to my rough draft in the missing areas. I need to start my second essay showing how i used my references. I also need to type it in APA format on the template which should be all be done by thursday for peer-reviews. After peer reviews I will over look my paper and make any corrections and it should be ready to be turned in by the last day of school.

RJA #14

Application project references

The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, Initials. (2006). Navigating the teen's years: a parent's handbook for raising healthy teens [(pp. 10-15)]. Retrieved from http://www.theantidrug.com/pdfs/nav_the_teen_years.pdf

Teague, Michael L., Sara L. C. MacKenzie, and David M. Rosenthal (2009). Your health today (pp.104-108) New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Roger, Harms (2010, March 05). Teen drug abuse: help your teen avoid drugs. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/teen-drug-abuse/MY01099

Cloud, John, Carole Buia, Greg Fulton, Alice Park, Elaine Shannon, and Dick Thompson (2000, June 05).

Happiness Is...A Pill? The Science: The Lure of Ecstasy. Retrieved from

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997083-2,00.html

WNEM5News (2010, Feburary 2). TV5 Investigates: Teen Drug Abuse. Retrieved from http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/tv5-investigates-teen-drug-abuse/VIYd0W6u0rYfC0zyV6djDw

RJA #13A

Link to my wordle

RJA #13b/c

Application Project Plan:

What i am planning to do my Application Project is write a journal entry of a parent writing about her feelings about her teen going through addiction. I am going to include what she observes in her teen such as signs and symptoms and mostly her trying to understand the reason why this is happening to her teen. Some examples would be pressures, friends, or possibly lack of communication between her and her teen. The examples are all in my research paper its just going to be more situational and personal.

Application Project Example:

The example that I found for my genre is:
http://www.psych.uncc.edu/cdfernal/3480jrnl.html

What i can use from this example to incorporate in my own journal entry is the format that it is written in like including the date and maybe a short title on each one. I could separate my own entry into more than one like the example to show different days perspective and feeling. This entry had many deep thoughts which I would need to make my journal entry strong and detailed observations to give the reader a closer outlook of what she sees and or going through.

RJA #12 Field Research Report

The field research I conducted was an interview with a substance abuse therapist

The Questions I asked were:

Do you think family history has a decision on who is more likely to abuse?

I do, family is a part of who the person is and having a supportive family vs. a negative one can have a huge impact.

What kind of pressures do teens experience?

Teens go through quite a lot of pressure which could include anything. Some common ones are family, school, peers, making the right decisions, and just figuring out who they are.

Do you think any of these pressures result in substance abuse?

If they are dealt with in the wrong way, then absolutely.

What are some basic things teens can do themselves to stop becoming dependent on substances?

Talk to someone is the first step. It all starts with good communication and the teen reaching out for help before the problem gets worse. If the teen thinks they can handle the problem on their own that is also put into consideration.

RJA #12

“Fighting Substance Abuse.” The Columbian Electronic Encyclopedia. 6th ed. 2007. Infoplease. Web. 15 Apr. 2010.

This source is an encyclopedia that I found online that gave me some information on strategies to stop drug abuse in America. It didn't focus on a certain group, just dugs in general. The strategies it came up with were supply and demand for the solution. Supply meaning shorting the supply of drugs that are here, so that they are more expensive and people have less access to them. Demand was reduction involved in education and treatment. Things that they included as examples were more treatment centers, stricter laws on drug possession, and more education in schools.

Arneson, David, and Drug Policy Education Group. “Methadone Withdrawal.” Drug Policy Education Group. 25 Mar. 2005. Web. 15. Apr. 2010.

This source was written by doctor who gave a ton of information on methadone. He talked about the signs and symptoms of how addictive the drug is and treatment options for someone hooked on methadone. He went into detail about what chemicals are in the drug and how it is given to heroin addicts to wing them off of heroin which results in becoming addicted to another drug. In my paper I used this source to state how terrible the withdrawals are compared to nicotine in my argument. This source reveals the truth about methadone treatment centers and which ones are actually worth going to for the prices that people offer these days.

Perry, Jennifer L., and Marilyn E. Carroll. "The Role of Impulsive Behavior in Drug Abuse." Psychopharmacology 200 (2008): 1-26. Web. 14 Apr. 2010.

This source is a journal that comes from psychopharmacology. It talked about how impulsive behavior can result in drug abuse and how teens who show impulsive behavior are at risk for abusing substances. They did experiments to back up their results and the journal was written as a study including the analysis of the study and the conclusion that revealed the impulsive behavior results. They focused on two tasks that resulted in impulsive behavior for their measurement which were impulsive choice (delay discounting task) and inhibitory failure (go/no-go, stop signal reaction time, and five-choice serial reaction time tasks.

Dell, Kristina. "Inside the Adolescent Brain." Academic Search Premier. EBSCO, 10 May 2004. Web. 14 Apr. 2010.

This source gave information on parts of the brains that teens use. They compare what parts are commonly used in adults and which ones teens use in thinking. The adolescent brain isn't fully developed compared to an adult brain which shows different characteristics between the two on how they think and act. The brain of a teen uses the amygdala more than the adult, which results in impulsive behavior during emotional times. The adults rely more on the pre frontal cortex which isn't dully developed in the teen. The knowledge this source had on the parts of the brain made it easy to put it in my paper. It broke it down into small paragraphs for each part.

The National Institute of Drug Abuse. "Facts about the Effects of Marijuana for Teens."

Web. 13 Apr. 2010

This source had facts about Marijuana and what it does to the body, or how it works. It revealed common myths that you hear about this drug that teen's might believe and then shows the real information. It focused on one drug, and gave statistics of actually how many teens abuse it. This is the most commonly abused substance other than alcohol. These days teens believe anything, so if someone were to say that the substance isn't addictive it could put the teen in danger once they become dependent on it.

Pinsky, Drew. “Season 3: Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.” Prod. White Duncan. VH1.

Television

This source gave a real life cap of how addictive drugs are and how it ruined the lives of these people on the show getting help. Most of them that got interviewed on this show had adolescent trauma which could by underlying their addiction. They talk about their problems and reveal parts of their life to Dr. Drew and how addiction has impacted their life. The people on this show are well-known celebrities which is surprising to some. The two participants interviews that I watched were Mackenzie and Lisa.