Dear Prescription Drug Forum Group,
Let me start this off by saying I loved your presentation! It was well delivered and you all taught me so much about the prevalence of prescription drug abuse in our world today. There was so much that I didn’t know about this issue, and I am glad you all enlightened me!
With that being said, I think there is a way that you can twist this subject into a new medium that will make it even more impactful for the audience. I think that you should write about prescription drug abuse in a short story. As a member of your audience, I was struck by the story that Jocelyn told about her friend who regularly abused prescription drugs and almost went too far with them. This made me realize just how much of a struggle this is for many of our peers, especially in college, and I think it would be interesting to explore that struggle on an individual level.
In this short story, you could write about a college student who feels pressured to do too many things at once. She is overwhelmed with everything on her plate, and she is completely lost as to how she can manage it all in such a short amount of time. In a moment of desperation, she steals her roommate’s Adderall tablets and pops a couple, and the effect that the drug has on her is a good one, for she finishes everything efficiently. A week later, she runs into the same situation, and she figures another couple pills won’t hurt her, so she takes them again. Pretty soon, her weekly Adderall intake is daily, and she finds that she can’t function when Adderall isn’t in her system.
I would end this story in one of three ways: 1) She could OD on the drugs and die, 2) she could OD and be rushed tot he hospital and wake up and realize how terribly she has been abusing the drugs, or 3) she could turn to her best friend from home and admit what she has been doing to herself, and her best friend could advise her to seek out the health center for some support.
I think that a short story is a perfect medium to address this issue in because it hits really close to home. The girl in the story is a lot like us. She is not a bad person, nor is she a slacking or irresponsible student, but she has a lot going on an doesn’t know how to cope with it all in a healthy way, so when desperate times call for desperate measures, she sees no other option than to turn to drugs. We all have been in a situation like this before and most likely will again in our college career, and it is important for us to remember that drugs are not the answer to our problems.
Again, congratulations on an excellent presentation. Best of luck on your unessay!
Annie Stanger
Let me start this off by saying I loved your presentation! It was well delivered and you all taught me so much about the prevalence of prescription drug abuse in our world today. There was so much that I didn’t know about this issue, and I am glad you all enlightened me!
With that being said, I think there is a way that you can twist this subject into a new medium that will make it even more impactful for the audience. I think that you should write about prescription drug abuse in a short story. As a member of your audience, I was struck by the story that Jocelyn told about her friend who regularly abused prescription drugs and almost went too far with them. This made me realize just how much of a struggle this is for many of our peers, especially in college, and I think it would be interesting to explore that struggle on an individual level.
In this short story, you could write about a college student who feels pressured to do too many things at once. She is overwhelmed with everything on her plate, and she is completely lost as to how she can manage it all in such a short amount of time. In a moment of desperation, she steals her roommate’s Adderall tablets and pops a couple, and the effect that the drug has on her is a good one, for she finishes everything efficiently. A week later, she runs into the same situation, and she figures another couple pills won’t hurt her, so she takes them again. Pretty soon, her weekly Adderall intake is daily, and she finds that she can’t function when Adderall isn’t in her system.
I would end this story in one of three ways: 1) She could OD on the drugs and die, 2) she could OD and be rushed tot he hospital and wake up and realize how terribly she has been abusing the drugs, or 3) she could turn to her best friend from home and admit what she has been doing to herself, and her best friend could advise her to seek out the health center for some support.
I think that a short story is a perfect medium to address this issue in because it hits really close to home. The girl in the story is a lot like us. She is not a bad person, nor is she a slacking or irresponsible student, but she has a lot going on an doesn’t know how to cope with it all in a healthy way, so when desperate times call for desperate measures, she sees no other option than to turn to drugs. We all have been in a situation like this before and most likely will again in our college career, and it is important for us to remember that drugs are not the answer to our problems.
Again, congratulations on an excellent presentation. Best of luck on your unessay!
Annie Stanger