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Argumentative Essay Assignment: 

    The assignment will focus on argumentation as a rhetorical mode. You will write a argumentative Essay. If I detect any plagiarism, you will be failed! Assignment is worth 40% of your final grade. Make it a quality and well written paper! 

    Instructions: Papers should be 1,250-1,500 words long. You will cite a primary source and want to cite several secondary sources. Do not use Wikipedia as a source. This assignment focuses on developing a sound STRONG argument, not conducting extensive research. 

    All final drafts should contain a proper introduction with a thesis, several body paragraphs with clear topics (generally expressed in topic sentences), and a conclusion in which you do not simply repeat the thesis. 

Gabor Maté, in noting that roughly 4,000 opioid-related fatalities occurred in Canada in 2017, contends that these “lost lives [were] offered up, we might say, for the appeasement of our own false beliefs and denial.” Do you agree or disagree with Maté’s contention that we unfairly stigmatize those addicted to drugs?

** I am arguing that I agree with Mate’s argument. That we unfairly stigmatize those addicted to drugs. 

Here is Gabor Mate’s article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-dont-ostracize-drugs-users-empathize-with-them/