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Assignment:

Evaluating the differences between a public health approach to drug use and abuse versus a criminalization approach.

You should consider the factors that have shaped how and when criminalization approaches have been used to tackle drug use and abuse, and also how and when public health approaches have been used to address drug use and abuse. As you write, provide specific examples to support your claims from the assigned readings and materials over the last few weeks of class and other reputable sources of information that you have found. PROVIDE URL PLEASE

Specifically, you should address the following in your paper:

• Describe what a public health approach to treating drug use and addiction is and looks like

• Provide specific examples from the readings about how, when, and where public health approaches to drugs have been used and what the outcomes have been

• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of using a public health approach to shape treatment options and laws

• Describe what a criminalization approach to treating drug use and addiction is and looks like

• Provide specific examples from the readings about how, when and where criminalization approaches to drugs have been used and what the outcomes have been

• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of using a criminalization approach to shape treatment options and laws For this writing assignment your audience is the general public, so try to be organized, clear, concise, and professional in your writing. You may also find it helpful to include bolded subheadings throughout - one for each of the topics above.