Annotated Bibliography 2

Torr, James D., Scott Barbour, and Jennifer A. Hurley, eds. Drug Abuse: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 1999. Print.

The information in this book is presented in a really cool way. There are a certain amount of issues the book touches upon, some dealing with marijuana specifically and some dealing with drugs in general. Each position is defended from one side or the other, resulting in a pro-con sort of layout that's much like procon.org. The topics covered include things like whether or not media is effective in reducing the rate of drug consumption in teens, whether or not drugs should be legalized and whether or not the war on drugs has succeeded. The opinions are pretty fascinating to read, especially when I can do so comparatively. Looking at this statistic-less article as it compares against another statistic-less article is a hard feat, but pretty interesting at the same time. The source is very useful. I may not necessarily be able to quote the works compiled in it, since many of them are uncited, but it was a source that proved to have a lot to say. It also provides a good jumping off point. Although the actual works in the book are too iffy to use as hard factual research, they have a lot of names and associations who have written multiple things on this topic, not just what was put into the novel.