1. Join Together provides statistics that demonstrate a rise in teenage drug abuse. Sharon Cargo, arguing the opposite view, also cites statistics. Whose statistics do you find more convincing and why?
2. William Everett Bailey maintains that nicotine is a highly addictive substance. Lauren A. Colby questions whether nicotine is addictive at all. What evidence do the authors supply to support their views? Based on this evidence, whose argument is more persuasive and why?
3. Bernard P. Horn contends that compulsive gambling is a serious problem. Dick Boland disagrees. How are their views influenced by their differing opinions about whether gambling is an authentic addiction?
4. How do W. Waldo and Stanton Peele differ in their views on the nature of alcoholism? What evidence do they use to back up their opinions? Do you accept Waldo’s assertion that alcoholism is a disease over which alcoholics have no control...