Chasing The Scream Analysis

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In my diversity class, my professor create a book club for students every Wednesday each week. In the book club, students are divided into groups where each group is responsible to read, discuss, and present one story or novel of their choice. For my group, we read the novel title “Chasing the Scream” by Johann Hari. My impression on the story was fascinating because it change my perspective of how I see drug addiction, which is the unresolved issue in the United States today. Before I read this novel, how I see individuals who become addicted to drugs were negative because I thought that these individuals are the one to blame for it causes violence in a society. However, after I read the introduction and the first part of the book, it change

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