Step One. Watch the following documentary on addiction from PBS and take notes: https://video.alexanderstreet.com/embed/addiction-3 (Links to an external site.)
(access code is Rivier University)
Step Two. Write an approximately double-spaced paper reflecting on the documentary.
You will need to include key terms from the text book (at least 10) in your paper. Please bold the terms so that I can find them easily.
Potential topics to consider in your reflection:
What reasons does the documentary present for the current drug epidemic?
How does addiction affect the individual? the family (including mothers and their children)? and society?
How does the documentary explain addiction in terms of biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors?
How has our society failed individuals with addiction and their families?
What are the potential solutions to this drug epidemic?
What have you learned about the treatment of opioid addiction? What is it like now? How should we change our treatment process?
What have you learned about addiction from this documentary?
Link to free PDF of book: https://usa1lib.org/book/5424672/38e485
Chapters 9 and 10 are used for the bolded words in this assignment.