User:Shannon243/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Drug education

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to evaluate because I am very sensitive to the subject. Growing up in an alcohol and drug addicted environment, I did not know the difference of alcohol and drugs being harmful. I knew that I did not like them from the experiences I've had growing up in my family. I feel it is important to know that alcohol and drugs are harmful and it is not normal to grow up in the environment that I did. I also think it is important for people to know where to find resources to help them when they are dealing with an addiction or living with someone with one.

Evaluate the article
Lead section

I feel that the lead section could use some more details and examples of why drug education is important. It also does not include an introduction of the major sections in the article. All the information is scattered around and in no particular order of importance. Some topics are overly detailed and steer away from the importance of the topic.

Content

The article talks alot about the places that practice drug education but not places where a person can find information themselves. I think the content could talk more about rehabilitation and what people can do after an addiction than abstinence. The main one's that need help are the addicted.

Tone and Balance

Wikipedia listed that the article is unbalanced towards certain viewpoints, and I agree. The article favors more of drug prevention programs than rehabilitation. It could list more why drugs are addicting.

Sources and References

Alot of the cited sources are in red. It could use some more medical references or treatment centers. There is not much helpful sources for someone who would be looking for help for themselves, a family member, or a friend.

Organization and writing quality

This article stuck out to me because of how unorganized the information is. I feel like the major sections could be renamed and the names of the sections could be listed in one section.

Images and Media

There are no images or media in this article.

Talk page discussion

There's not a whole lot of discussion. Two comments were made. One person was concerned about the article talking only about abstinence and another listed a source that could be helpful in the article.

Overall impressions

I think this article could use some improvement. There are a lot more details that I could list about drug education. Although school drug education is important there should be a listing of counseling services and AA/NA accessibility. I think the article is very underdeveloped.