1. Discuss the subjective nature of pain, the fact that different people need different amounts of painkillers even for the same injury. 2. Compare the use of legally prescribed heroin vs. the use of methadone to treat opioid addiction. Discuss it from crime prevention, ethical, and recovery points of view. 3. Discuss how the growing and selling of opium in Afghanistan affected the war effort. Did the U.S. look the other way or not really prosecuted the drug war for fear of interfering with attempts to defeat the insurgency? 4. Compare Valium addiction to heroin addiction, physically, mentally, financially, and criminally. Then discuss which is worse, withdrawal from heroin or withdrawal from Valium. 5. Finally, discuss how the increase in advertising for prescription medications has changed the doctor-patient relationship. Students have the option of using either MLA or APA formats when citing sources. Sources must be cited when referencing resources used in your response:
