Posted: April 5th, 2015

MARIJUANA: THE GATEWAY DRUG

MARIJUANA: THE GATEWAY DRUG

Order Description

DISCUSS THE GATEWAY THEORY IN DETAIL AND DISCUSS HOW IT DIRECTLY RELATES TO MARIJUANA. DISCUSS WHY IT IS CONSIDERED THE ‘GATEWAY’ DRUG AND WHAT RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE TO BACK IT UP AND HAS IT BEEN PROVEN?

PLEASE BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE BELOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY, PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE NUMBER OF SOURCES AND ALLOWED SOURCES (3 OF THE 7 MUST BE BOOKS).

EACH PAGE MUST ALSO HAVE AT LEAST 2 IN TEXT CITATIONS FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES.

I. Follow the most recent APA guidelines for
a. format
b. internal citations
c. work cited
II Follow the requirements of the assignment
a. focused topic
b. 5 pages of text (not counting cover page or reference page)
c. minimum of seven sources; 3 of which must be books.
d. use nothing larger than a 12-point font
e. double space the paper
III Edit carefully for
a. clear, focused thesis statement
b. clear, recognized structure
c. clear, logical organization
d. well supported, well developed ideas
IV. Proofread carefully for
a. grammar
b. spelling
c. sentence structure
d. format ( especially citations that are correct and located where appropriate)
V. Avoid
a. The second person
b. slang
c. informal language
d. unsupported generalizations
e. losing topic focus
f. relying heavily on one source
g. plagiarism
VI. Have someone proofread your paper.
VII. Run the spell check program just before you print the final copy.
VIII. Read through the final copy to be sure no printing glitches occurred: don’t assume
everything worked.
IX. Points will be deducted if the paper is not properly formatted.