Draft 1: Argumentative Essay ( outline )

 Anderson Lopez                                                                                                                              10/30/20

ENG 201-94

Freewrite:  Opioid crisis in the US, when did it start? How did it start, what were the circumstances that lead to the epidemic in the US? Who were main characters to blame for its uncontrolled spread? What are the political branches doing to help ease or stop this problem in the US?

Outline:

Intro: Understanding the epidemic, what are we talking about when referring to the opioid crisis, how many people die per year (statistics) by prescription or illegals opium. Who should be blame for it, physician, law makers, and/or patients?

Body 1:

how many waves increased, at what rate? During what years they began and when did they reach their peak.

https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/epidemic/index.html

body 2:

Counter claim: some people argue that the epidemic does not exist, or that the media is making a bigger deal than it is, who are to be blame for it?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6140023/

body 3:

what are the government branches doing to decrease the epidemic, bills, response acts, etc.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2680

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/12/17847358/senate-opioid-crisis-response-act

Conclusion:

After presenting all the evidence from all parts, a discussion will be placed with refute arguments to take a position about this topic.

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