Having had the past three weeks in the library to research, luckily I'm feeling pretty confident in my topic. Since it's changed a little bit since the last post I made, I'll give the blogosphere a refresher on what I'm writing about.
Q. Why does America believe in the use of psychoactive drugs in molding a nation of more "productive" citizens?
A. The American "quick-fix" mentality has become our identity, and psychoactive drugs are the quickest and most widely available "fix" for lapses in mental health that we know of.
Maybe that's not worded too well... But hopefully it makes sense. I still don't really know what we're supposed to be using the blog for in the writing process, but I'm just going to use it to organize my thoughts. So here's my pathetic beginning of a mental outline; don't judge.
I've been focusing most of my research in the past couple of weeks on antidepressants, although I'm going to talk about ADD/ADHD stimulant drugs as well. The fact that I'm still in the midst of reading Prozac Nation is probably what's causing me to focus in on this part of my essay. I know we're supposed to be working with tons of different sources and materials and fitting them together, but I'm sure my essay will still come together just fine. Either way, I think I've done a pretty good job of getting together multiple contasting sources for each of my two current desired topics. Have a look!
ANTIDEPRESSANTS:
-Prozac Nation -Elizabeth Wurtzel
-Listening to Prozac -Peter D. Kramer
-"Exit Joe Camel. Enter Joe Prozac." -Arianna Huffington
ADD/ADHD STIMULANTS:
-"The Ritalin Epidemic" -Vincent H. Miller
-"The Evolution of Play" (NPR story)
So this post ended up being a lot more pointless than I thought it would be... I'll definitely make some human progress by the time I try to post anything else up here and call it a blog. Fourth quarter stressin', that's all. Goodnight!
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