Is the War Against Drug Abuse a Good Topic for a Research Paper? if So What Would Be a Good Hypothesis for It?

Question by burkedawn: Is the war against drug abuse a good topic for a research paper? If so what would be a good hypothesis for it?
I am wirting a research paper for my class at University of Phoenix online and I chose to do an essay on the “war against drug abuse”. What I am wanting to know is what would be a good hypothesis for this topic area?

Best answer:

Answer by clover spots
you could posit
1 what pressures has the war on drugs put on our prisons, hospitals
2 why is funding given more to arrest drug offenders than to treat them
3 what is the goal of the war on drugs, has it been met
4. what are other options that have been used in other countries, are they feasible here

Answer by kissel888
A hypothesis implies that your paper will be able to reach some sort of conclusion…or maybe it is just mostly for fact finding? Is this for criminal justice or English class? Here’s my ideas based on the limited info you gave us:
–History of the war against drug abuse
–effect of increased security measures (post 9-11) on drug arrests/confiscations
–investigate the latest epidemic of Rx drug abuse by youth
–relationship between economic status and drug abuse
–glorification of drug usage in the media
–who are the youngest victims of drug abuse?
–or just pick one type of drug and investigate the increase or decrease in any given socio-economic group or geographic area or age group, etc.

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