Drug abuse cause and effects.

Topic: Drug Abuse How Long? 3-4 pages (does not include coversheet or works cited page) Formatting • 12 point Times New Roman font, double spaced, 1” margins. • MLA parenthetical citations in essay text.  In this essay, you will take a side within the debate as a stakeholder, and you will support your side through the use of evidence. Your dual purpose is to educate and to persuade a neutral, well-informed reader (i.e., a professor) to adopt your position. The essay should make good use of the three rhetorical appeals (ethos/pathos/logos). Choose to argue in one of these argument categories primarily: • Action: “we should do X” • Cause & Effect: “X causes/caused/is causing Y”