1. Deconstruction
Claim: Nicotine should be a controlled substances according to the Controlled Substances Act.
Type of Claim: “Policy claims argue that a certain condition should exist. They express a writer's sense of obligation or necessity”(Kiel). An argument for or against this claim can be made from many different stances because the argument itself is extremely vague. The Controlled Substances Act is very specific with the five classifications and describing which drugs fit in which class. The legislation even goes as far as listing the specific drugs that belong in each class. If the claim is not specific to the class that nicotine belongs in there will be many ways to argue for or against to the claim. There could five different arguments made to classify nicotine in the five different classes of the Controlled Substances act. A proponent of this claim can argue that nicotine belongs in either of the first two classes, but their audience would not be receptive at all. The first two classes include drugs like opium, methamphetamine, peyote, ect. To argue that nicotine belongs in a class with any of these drugs is not reasonable. There are two stances to argue from that would be the most receptive to an audience. The first one …show more content…
(2012). Retrieved from US Department of Justice website: http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/index.html
Quitting Smoking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/cessation/quitting/index.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cdc%2FGEla+(CDC+-+Smoking+and+Tobacco+Use+-+Main+Feed) Monday Map: Tobacco Tax Revenue as a Percentage of Total State & Local Tax Revenue (Tax Foundation) http://taxfoundation.org/blog/monday-map-tobacco-tax-revenue-percentage-total-state-local-tax-revenue Regulatory Information (Controlled Substances Act)
Claim: Nicotine should be a controlled substances according to the Controlled Substances Act.
Type of Claim: “Policy claims argue that a certain condition should exist. They express a writer's sense of obligation or necessity”(Kiel). An argument for or against this claim can be made from many different stances because the argument itself is extremely vague. The Controlled Substances Act is very specific with the five classifications and describing which drugs fit in which class. The legislation even goes as far as listing the specific drugs that belong in each class. If the claim is not specific to the class that nicotine belongs in there will be many ways to argue for or against to the claim. There could five different arguments made to classify nicotine in the five different classes of the Controlled Substances act. A proponent of this claim can argue that nicotine belongs in either of the first two classes, but their audience would not be receptive at all. The first two classes include drugs like opium, methamphetamine, peyote, ect. To argue that nicotine belongs in a class with any of these drugs is not reasonable. There are two stances to argue from that would be the most receptive to an audience. The first one …show more content…
(2012). Retrieved from US Department of Justice website: http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/index.html
Quitting Smoking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/cessation/quitting/index.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cdc%2FGEla+(CDC+-+Smoking+and+Tobacco+Use+-+Main+Feed) Monday Map: Tobacco Tax Revenue as a Percentage of Total State & Local Tax Revenue (Tax Foundation) http://taxfoundation.org/blog/monday-map-tobacco-tax-revenue-percentage-total-state-local-tax-revenue Regulatory Information (Controlled Substances Act)