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3/12 Assignment 3: Part 3

Think back to when you did an article critique. What section or content is missing? What can you add? Post some of your ideas to the article's talk page. Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the talk page of the article you'll be working on, and in your sandbox. Make sure to check in on the Talk page to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography. 3/27/18 Assignment 3: Part 4
 * In the article topic I chose about "suburbanization" content on the impact of drug use within suburbia is missing. I think I can add to this with some research on drug usage and the impact of over-regulation and criminalization of drugs in urban spaces trickling into suburban spaces.
 * Netherland, J., & Hansen, H. (2017). White opioids: Pharmaceutical race and the war on drugs that wasn’t. BioSocieties, 12(2), 217–238. http://doi.org/10.1057/biosoc.2015.46 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501419/) - article on racial bias and drugs in suburbs
 * Matthew D. Lassiter; Impossible Criminals: The Suburban Imperatives of America's War on Drugs, Journal of American History, Volume 102, Issue 1, 1 June 2015, Pages 126–140, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav243 - discussion of social class and racial shifts in suburban culture and the "war on drugs"
 * Bliss, L. (2017, April 06). The Suburbs That Are Sicker Than They Look. Retrieved March 13, 2018, from https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/03/even-healthy-looking-suburbs-are-dying-from-drugs/521136/ - article on disparity of drugs in urban spaces vs suburban spaces using CDC data
 * https://sunrisehouse.com/research/rates-drug-use-urban-suburban-rural/ - rates of suburban drug use
 * https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-face-heroin-young-white-suburban-study-finds-n115671 - NBC News report of drug abuse demographic shift
 * https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/drug-policy/rich-teens-adolescents-drugs-alcohol-parenting - teenagers and drug abuse
 * http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170325/MAGAZINE/303259990 - suburban opioid crisis
 * Suburban Drug Dealing: A Case Study in Ambivalent Economics. David Crawford. The Economics of Ecology, Exchange, and Adaptation: Anthropological Explorations. 2016, 197-219 https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S0190-128120160000036008 - anthropological exploration of suburban drug dealing

New proposed section for Suburbanization article

Suburbanization and drug abuse
Pre-existing disparities in the demographic composition of suburbs poses problems in drug consumption and abuse. This is due to the disconnection created between drug addiction and the biased outward perception of suburban health and safety. The difference in drug mortality rates of suburban and urban spaces is sometimes fueled by the relationship between the general public, medical practitioners, and the pharmaceutical industry. These affluent individuals, who are living in the suburbs often have an increased means of obtaining otherwise expensive and potent drugs such as opioids and narcotics through valid prescriptions. In the United States, the combination of demographic and economic features created as a result of suburbanization have increased the risk of drug abuse in suburban communities. Heroin in suburban communities has increased in incidence as new heroin users in the United States are predominantly white, suburban men and women in their early twenties. Adolescents and young adults are at an increased risk of drug abuse in suburban spaces due to the enclosed social and economic enclaves that surburbanization propagates. The New England Study of Suburban Youth found that the upper middle class suburban cohorts displayed an increased drug use when compared to the natural average.

The shift in demographics and economic statuses caused by suburbanization has increased the risk of drug abuse in affluent American communities and changed the approach to drug abuse public health initiatives. When addressing public health concerns of drug abuse with patients directly, suburban health care providers and medical practitioners have the advantage of treating a demographic of drug abuse patients that are better educated and equipped with resources to recover from addiction and overdose. The disparity of treatment and initiatives between suburban and urban environments in regard to drug abuse and overdose is a public health concern. Although suburban healthcare providers may have more resources to address drug addiction, abuse, and overdose, preconceived ideas about suburban lifestyles may prevent them from giving proper treatment to patients .Considering the increasing incidence of drug abuse in suburban environments, the contextual factors that affect certain demographics must also be considered to better understand the prevalence of drug abuse in suburbs; for example, adolescents and their relationship with social groups in school and other socializing forces that occur as a result of suburbanization impact drug abuse incidence.

''' I think this is an interesting addition to this article and based in demography - cool! What are some concepts from class that could enhance this section? - Prof H '''