PB2B: Examining the Rhetorical Features of Scholarly Articles.
The two scholarly journal articles that I have committed to are "Trait Mindfulness and Progression to Injection Use in Youth With Opioid Addiction" and "Psychological and social sequelae of cannabis and other illicit drug use by young people: a systematic review of longitudinal, general population studies". I stuck with these two articles, because the first one talks about the progression of the epidemic and it also is strictly talking about the youth injecting opioids. Those two factors are both something I mainly wanted to focus my study on. In the second article, they talk more about the pyschological state of what drugs can do to the mind and it really interests me to learn more on how an addict thinks the way they think when using the drug.
Both of these pieces, are different in their own ways because one is talking about the progression side of injection while the other talks more about the mindset. In both of these articles, the researchers both performed studies on age groups that ranged from 14-25 that use substances. They both also separated their information into different sections. They started out with an introduction, as they talked about the epidemic with drug use in the youth. They then both labeled their topics into groups of, methods (describing the study they conducted), the measures of the study, analyzing the study, and then to the results/outcomes of the study that was performed. Both of the articles, had the argument that substance abuse is increasing and leads to physical and mental harm in todays youth. I found it interesting that both articles talked about the social factor of drugs. In the first piece, they stated that some of the kids they studies said that they got the drugs from other friends or at a party. The second piece talked about how Cannabis use was associated with anti-social issues. Ironically, both articles stated that the addiction starts with a common drug, like marijuana, and then transitions to more harmful drugs, like heroin.
Even though the two articles talked about very similar things, they both stated different facts that backed up the arguments. The first article talked a lot more about injection and how the youth would start out with oral and then move to injections. In the study they conducted, they asked the kids (age 18-25), when the first time they decided to start injecting the substance. This article also gave examples of how the psychological mind is shifted when using a drug, and how the inability to continue a goal while being stressed out, is highly associated with substance abuse. I also was really glad that the first article talked about the withdrawal part of addiction, the detox treatments and rehab treatments. As for the second article, it mainly stuck to talking about Cannabis and how that can escalate to other harmful drugs, while the first article branched out to talk about even a wider spread of drugs. When I thought of studying this topic, I did not even think about studying the physical damage that is done to someone when they are using a drug. The second article touched upon the physical health damage that is done to a person, not just the mental health, and that really caught my attention to look more into that study.
When looking at the construction of these two pieces, it is clear to me that this study is a very unique genre because it is studying a state of mind that no one can truly grasp unless they have experienced it themselves. These are people who want to understand, and maybe even learn how to help and support people that are dealing with this addiction. Not only can these researchers study the people, but they are also studying the drug itself to see exactly what parts of the brain that it can effect and what the effects are doing to a persons mind. With this study, you can start at one very small topic (such as why kids try marijuana at a party) and turn it into something so much bigger (such as how heroin can take someone and turn them into a completely different person).
The authors purpose is to provide information on the epidemic to give people a better understanding of why someone could first start using substances, to then becoming a full on addict to a dangerous drug. Both of the authors writings styles is very informative. The authors could be speaking to a group of teens in that age group that are thinking about using drugs or have just started to use them, they could be talking to researchers that just want to know more on the effects of drugs, parents that have an addictive child, or even the parent themselves.
The logic behind the authors writing is to tell us a little about a topic we may know nothing about, give us a little background to the epidemic, state what methods and studies they have done, and lastly, to provide us with results of the studies they have conducted.
While reading these articles, I found myself finding more and more topics that should be talked about and that are very important to learn more about. I think it is important that people study the signs of someone using, so that if they notice any of these signs in any one of their loved ones, they can know exactly what is happening and get them help. I think people should know more about how the drug takes over the persons mind because it sounds so easy to us just to "not do it" and "to not waste our money and life on drugs" but to a heroin addict, it seems to them that that is the only thing that will keep them going and that they will do anything to get it. It becomes their number one priority and I think people tend to "give up" on the addict when the addict does not listen to them, but I think it is important that people have a better understanding of exactly what they are thinking so that we do not just "give up on them". Another topic that I think is important is the rehab treatment. Most addicts feel as if they are weak when they go to rehab and they feel like they are looked at in a very low form when all they need is help. Rehab is a good thing, but I think it also takes a toll on the addicts themselves. If people had a better understanding of the withdrawal they go through, they would realize that rehab is not easy for the addict. I'm not exactly too sure of what specifically has to be done in a rehab to make that person feel even a little bit okay again, so I would like to learn more of how the people in the rehab treat the addicts and help them through the withdrawal.
Both of these pieces, are different in their own ways because one is talking about the progression side of injection while the other talks more about the mindset. In both of these articles, the researchers both performed studies on age groups that ranged from 14-25 that use substances. They both also separated their information into different sections. They started out with an introduction, as they talked about the epidemic with drug use in the youth. They then both labeled their topics into groups of, methods (describing the study they conducted), the measures of the study, analyzing the study, and then to the results/outcomes of the study that was performed. Both of the articles, had the argument that substance abuse is increasing and leads to physical and mental harm in todays youth. I found it interesting that both articles talked about the social factor of drugs. In the first piece, they stated that some of the kids they studies said that they got the drugs from other friends or at a party. The second piece talked about how Cannabis use was associated with anti-social issues. Ironically, both articles stated that the addiction starts with a common drug, like marijuana, and then transitions to more harmful drugs, like heroin.
Even though the two articles talked about very similar things, they both stated different facts that backed up the arguments. The first article talked a lot more about injection and how the youth would start out with oral and then move to injections. In the study they conducted, they asked the kids (age 18-25), when the first time they decided to start injecting the substance. This article also gave examples of how the psychological mind is shifted when using a drug, and how the inability to continue a goal while being stressed out, is highly associated with substance abuse. I also was really glad that the first article talked about the withdrawal part of addiction, the detox treatments and rehab treatments. As for the second article, it mainly stuck to talking about Cannabis and how that can escalate to other harmful drugs, while the first article branched out to talk about even a wider spread of drugs. When I thought of studying this topic, I did not even think about studying the physical damage that is done to someone when they are using a drug. The second article touched upon the physical health damage that is done to a person, not just the mental health, and that really caught my attention to look more into that study.
When looking at the construction of these two pieces, it is clear to me that this study is a very unique genre because it is studying a state of mind that no one can truly grasp unless they have experienced it themselves. These are people who want to understand, and maybe even learn how to help and support people that are dealing with this addiction. Not only can these researchers study the people, but they are also studying the drug itself to see exactly what parts of the brain that it can effect and what the effects are doing to a persons mind. With this study, you can start at one very small topic (such as why kids try marijuana at a party) and turn it into something so much bigger (such as how heroin can take someone and turn them into a completely different person).
The authors purpose is to provide information on the epidemic to give people a better understanding of why someone could first start using substances, to then becoming a full on addict to a dangerous drug. Both of the authors writings styles is very informative. The authors could be speaking to a group of teens in that age group that are thinking about using drugs or have just started to use them, they could be talking to researchers that just want to know more on the effects of drugs, parents that have an addictive child, or even the parent themselves.
The logic behind the authors writing is to tell us a little about a topic we may know nothing about, give us a little background to the epidemic, state what methods and studies they have done, and lastly, to provide us with results of the studies they have conducted.
While reading these articles, I found myself finding more and more topics that should be talked about and that are very important to learn more about. I think it is important that people study the signs of someone using, so that if they notice any of these signs in any one of their loved ones, they can know exactly what is happening and get them help. I think people should know more about how the drug takes over the persons mind because it sounds so easy to us just to "not do it" and "to not waste our money and life on drugs" but to a heroin addict, it seems to them that that is the only thing that will keep them going and that they will do anything to get it. It becomes their number one priority and I think people tend to "give up" on the addict when the addict does not listen to them, but I think it is important that people have a better understanding of exactly what they are thinking so that we do not just "give up on them". Another topic that I think is important is the rehab treatment. Most addicts feel as if they are weak when they go to rehab and they feel like they are looked at in a very low form when all they need is help. Rehab is a good thing, but I think it also takes a toll on the addicts themselves. If people had a better understanding of the withdrawal they go through, they would realize that rehab is not easy for the addict. I'm not exactly too sure of what specifically has to be done in a rehab to make that person feel even a little bit okay again, so I would like to learn more of how the people in the rehab treat the addicts and help them through the withdrawal.
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