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Marijuana


The statistic I chose to analyze was something I pulled from the
Washington Post about a month ago. The article stated that "68% of high school
seniors admitted to trying at least once during their high school
career." The article was about the resurfacing drug problem among the teenage
age group. It was aimed at an audience of parents and others who could be
affected by such an alarming rate.

A number of thoughts crossed my mind when I read this statistic. My
first thought was to question where the Washington Post had surveyed. As a
resident of the metropolitan DC area, I am aware of the differences between the
outer suburbs and DC itself. If the Post had focused on the DC area I ...

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to "used multiple times".

Knowing the geographic location of those surveyed would be useful in a
number of ways. First, it would ease the fears of parents not living in the
troubled areas. More importantly, it would allow school officials, drug
enforcement officials, drug counselors, etc., to focus their attention and dime
to those specific areas with the biggest problem. Are we looking at inner-city
youth or are we looking at suburban youth. It makes a difference as to how you
approach the problem. Which station do you advertise on? Where does the local
government allocate extra funding for drug education and law enforcement?

Another pertinent factor would be the racial makeup of those surveyed.
Again, the way one would approach the problem would differ depending on who the
intended audience is. If the survey focused on black youth, one would try to
relate the drug education to the black community and its culture. The same idea
applies if the focus was on white youth. ...

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Added: 6/27/2008 10:39:22 AM
Category: Legal Issues
Type: Free Paper
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