Content Descriptions

• Heroin Addiction
  • How serious is the addiction?
  • Common ways to battle addiction
  • Pros and Cons of those methods
• Free Heroin Clinics
  • Where the idea came from
  • How they work
• Benefits of Free Heroin Clinics
  • What the patients think
  • How its had an impact on their lives
  • Facts about how they improved quality of life
• Cons of Free Heroin Clinics
  • The position that others take
  • Disproving their argument
• The Counterintuitivity of the idea
• Why it works and why it will work in the future

1. Working Hypothesis 1

A free heroin clinic will have a positive impact on a community by decreasing crime rate, as well as contribute to stopping the spread of diseases such as Hepatitis and HIV, and giving addicts a chance at an ordinary life.

1a. Working Hypothesis 2

A free heroin clinic is not the right way to approach dealing with the heroin problems in Vancouver because it will only make being a heroin addict easier, more common, and it is one step closer to the legalization of narcotics in society.

2. Topics for Smaller Papers

3. Current Stage of Research Paper

I have made a large amount of progress in the past couple days but I still have much more to complete.  I need to strengthen my research on addiction and how it affects aspects of life.  I still have to learn about how the whole organization works; how they get their funds, narcotics, and their workforce.  I have a lot of work to do yet and I am doing my best to get my progress where it is needed.  However, I know what needs to be done and I am working to reach what I need to as soon as possible.