Structure
INTRODUCTION – 400 WORDS
MAIN BODY – 3200 WORDS (use graphs and images to help the essay)
CONCLUSION – 400 WORDS
ASSESSMENT OUTLINE
This essay should meet the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
1. Understanding of the physical, psychological, pharmacological, legal, and social contexts and consequences of substance use.
2. Knowledge of preventative and intervention strategies in place about substance misuse
3. An evaluation of current theories of problematic substance use.
Skills
4. Demonstrate independent writing skills using academic resources, research, and
references.
Essay Question
Drugs have been used for Centuries. What is new is that we’ve defined and
redefined it as social, cultural, political, and economic conditions have prevailed and
changed. Explore this statement with reference to drug trends and meanings within
a socio-cultural context.
In this essay you will need to explore reasons why people take drugs, examine prevalence
rates, and evaluate theories of addiction. You could also include attitudes to drug taking,
within different arenas such as public, government and media.
Questions to consider (examples to use in the essay)
Why are people using drugs, alcohol etc?
Prevalence of drug use (can use graph)
Attitude of drug use (government, social media etc)
Theories of drug use and theories of drug addictions
Normalisation – signification
Attitude of public
Use articles and references from the last 10 years
Can also make comparisons
Only UK based Essay, please use references and facts only from the UK
Please use both files I have uploaded for more information and add any additional information needed to the essay. This is only information I have gathered but you can be creative and add anything more in the essay. I am aiming for 60% and above so please try to meet the criteria in regards to good literature, spelling and quality of the work.