User:Lramir54/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Drug education

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I believe that this topic in education should receive more attention and be talked about more in classrooms. May times educating students on difficult subjects such as drugs are hard to discuss however, it is important students are educated about the dangers and consequences drugs have. Some students will experiment with drugs in their lifetimes therefore it is important for schools to educate students about safety measures they can take if they find themselves in situations that do not allow them to be absent and use these lessons and experiences to stay safe and avoid injuries. Considering this is an important issue for students to learn I was shocked to see that this article was missing medical references and other tools that make an article reliable.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The top of this article states that the article may be unbalanced towards certain viewpoints which are not something that an encyclopedia should have because it should only have neutral viewpoints and facts. Along with this it also states that this article is "missing medical references for verifications or relying too heavily on primary sources."

The article could do a better job of being neutral regarding the reasons why drug education is important. The article discusses different drug education problems over the world but does not cover all of the programs or suggest other sources on how to view other programs.

The word organization, utilized, and programs are spelled incorrectly in his article (they are spelled organisation, utilised and programms).

There are numerous sources that can be viewed in the reference section of the article which can give further information regarding the drug education programs. No images are added to this article as well. Overall, this article sounds more like a paper than apart of an encyclopedia. The author is adding suggestions on how to improve these drug education programs which does not demonstrate neutral viewpoints. This article needed some proofreading as well as more academic information regarding drug education. More academic articles must be referenced and each section of the article can be expanded and organized in a more efficient manner. This article is poorly developed as it is lacking much information, proper research, and sources, as well as spell check.