Running head: Prescription Drug Abuse 1
Prescription Drug Abuse
Michael Hays
College of Southern Nevada
Prescription Drug Abuse 2
General Purpose: To persuade not to abuse drugs, and Inform how to get clean
specific Purpose: A&er following these simple instructions students will understand how to
prepare a Full Sentence Outline
Thesis (Central Idea): In this outline of an outline I am going to teach you what is needed for the
full-sentence outline portion of speeches 3 & 4 in Mr. Ne0’s Communication 101 course.
INTRODUCTION
I. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse , The United States makes up 5%
of the world’s population and consumes 75% of the world’s prescription drugs.
I used to be addicted to pain killers such as Oxy Contin, Norcos, Lortabs, Percocet.
II. 52 million Americans (20% over the age of 12) have abused prescription drugs in
their lifetime.
III. The nonmedical use and abuse of prescription drugs in the United States is a serious
public health problem and is just as dangerous as illegal drugs, most of these people
do not know hot to get clean or are afraid to ask for help.
IV. What are different prescriptions, why people get addicted, how people can get clean
Transion: What Types of prescripon are being abused
BODY
I. What are types of prescription drugs
A. Opiates and Opioids, Benzodiazepines, stimulants
1. Breakdown the different types of prescription in each category
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2. How they affect the body
Transion: Now that you know what these prescripons do to the body, this is why people get
addicted
II. Why people get addicted
A. They were in some form of accident or were prescribed by a doctor
