Possible topics (I thought it would be interesting to relate them to my major) drug abuse, drug labs, gangs, teen violence/bullying.
1. http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/26/illegal-bath-salts-mimic-cocaine-in-the-brain-study
The news story is from USNews Health section. The article is discussing the drug known as bath-salts and how through a study on the brain they found that they mimic cocaine. [which I learned from the article/story that they are not talking about the bath salts that you can buy to take a bath in.] These type of bath salts are a combination of synthetic stimulants. I am not sure of the exact date of the study but it was posted on July 26, 2012. The study was done at the University of North Carolina. The reason for the study was to see how these drugs affected the brain. (they used mice for the study)
2. http://douglascountysentinel.com/view/full_story/17103704/article-100-pounds-of-pot-seized-in-I-20-traffic-stop?instance=DShome_news_top
This news story is about the Douglas County Felony Interception Narcotics Detection (FIND) Unit. The news story is explaining that an officer (with the help of his police drug dog) found and seized 100 pounds of pot on a traffic stop on I-20. I have recently seen a lot of similar articles on the FIND unit making similar and at times even larger drug seizures. Every time I go home I see at least three find unit cars along I-20. Douglas County, along with a few other counties, are doing their best to stop the drugs that are coming through the state on I-20 which as become a well known drug route.
3. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/trial-starts-man-accused-stomping-teen-death-party/nRN8m/
This news story is about the trial beginning for a man that was a part of stomping Bobby Tillman to death. Bobby Tillman was a young teen from my home town. He was at a party when a fight broke out. A group of men that were involved decided that the next male they saw, that they would beat them up. Sadly, Bobby Tillman was the next male. Bobby was stomped/beaten so badly that they actually put a hole in his heart. This happened in November 2010. The news story was covering the capital murder trial for one of the men involved in the killing. The murder trial started Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
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I like the third story because it has personal meaning to you. A guy being stomped on, repeatedly until death, that is gruesome to think about. The trial is just now happening, do you think it is too recent to do research on?
ReplyDeleteThe first one, in my opinion, is the best to do research on because it is both recent and research like the one mentioned in the article is already being done. You will have plenty of information available to you too.
Hey Kayla :-)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately since part of the trial has just started it would be difficult to do research. I think bullying/violence among youth would be an easier topic to research but that I could possibly list this as an example of the extreme that violence has become.