an Anthropology Essay

Write an essay on one of the following topics: Word limit: 1500 words MAXIMUM Essay Question: A recent article published in the journal Nature argues that sugar is as addictive as drugs and just as much of a public health problem. Do you think sugar should be considered a drug? What evidence can you provide to support your position based on various models of addiction? THE BELOW READINGS ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS FOR WHERE TO START WITH YOUR ESSAY RESEARCH – HOWEVER, INDEPENDENT RESEARCH IS EXPECTED. Lustig, R.H., L.A. Schmidt and C.D. Brindis, 2012. “Public Health: The Toxic Truth About Sugar.” Nature 482: 27-29. Available online at http:// www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7383/full/482027a.html. Eiser, R (1997) ‘Addiction as a dynamic process’, Addiction Research, 5(5): 361-366. Krivanek, J. (2000) Drug Misuse, Psychological Dependence and Addiction (Chapter 6). In Understanding Drug Use: Key Issues. Sydney: WEF Associates. Levine, H.G. (1978) ‘The Discovery of Addiction: Changing Conceptions of Habitual Drunkenness in America’, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 15: 493-506. (available online at http://www.soc.qc.edu/Staff/levine/doa.htm) Peele, S. (1999) ‘Why Addiction is Not a Disease’. In The Diseasing of America. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, pp. 1-30. Peele, S & R.J. Degrandpre (1998) ‘Cocaine and the Concept of Addiction: Environmental Factors in Drug Compulsions’, Addiction Research, 6(3): 235-264. Reinarman, C. (2005) ‘Addiction as Accomplishment: The Discursive Construction of Disease’, Addiction Research & Theory, 13(4): 307-320. Robson, P. (1994) ‘Why use Drugs?’ In Forbidden Drugs: Understanding Drugs and Why People Take Them. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-18. Room, R. (2003) ‘The Cultural Framing of Addiction’, Janus Head, 6(2): 221-234. (available online at http://www.janushead.org/6-2/Room. Valverde, Mariana (1998) ‘Introduction’. In Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.