Topic: DRUG CONTROL POLICY

1. Submit a research paper to the instructor with regard to a public issue or event they found that pertains directly to issues/events of public management, public policy or governmental affairs. If a topic is an issue (current), the paper should include a background of the issue, those who are involved, positions of those involved, those who are affected, what was done to address the issue and how it was done (if any), what the results were if any, what is your thought about the way the issue was addressed or should be addressed based on your knowledge of public administration and experience. Develop a list of 3 questions for class discussions.

2.If the topic is an event (current or past), the paper should include a background of the event, those who are/were involved or affected, positions of those involved if any, what was done with regard to the event and how it was done, what the results were if any, what is your thought about the way the event was dealt with or should be dealt with based on your knowledge of public administration and experience. Develop a list of 3 questions for class discussions.

3. The paper must be 11 or 12-page long and written in APA style (Running head, heading and subheadings, title, abstract of roughly 100-150 words, university, name, references). The paper needs to have at least 11 references from the following sources: think tanks, organizational material used for lobbying or persuasion purposes, content from religious or social groups, organization documents, newspaper articles, academic journals, conference proceedings, etc. are all perfectly acceptable references to use (Wikipedia and the textbook are not acceptable sources). The reference page(s) does/do not count toward the total page number.