1. (200 words) Read Leung et al. (2017) and Porter and Jick (1980). Consider esp

1. (200 words) Read Leung et al. (2017) and Porter and Jick (1980). Consider especially what the authors in the Leung et al. paper show through their analysis about the role of the 1980 letter from Porter and Jick in the literature about opioid addiction. Respond to the following prompt: What do you think is the role of evidence in medicine, especially in pharmaceuticals? Do you think that the 1980 letter was a good resource for opioid literature? Why or why not? The paper from Leung and colleagues is a bibliographic analysis of a 1980 paper that many physicians cited for the idea that opioids were not addictive. The Porter and Jick article is the 1980 paper itself. Pay close attention to exactly what Porter and Jick are claiming, and what kind of sample they’re looking at, and pay attention to what Leung and colleagues say about Porter and Jick article.
2. (200 words) Read Volkow (2018). Answer the following prompt: Do you think that the focus on prescription practices of physicians is the best way to deal with the opioid epidemic? Why? If not, what would you suggest to address the opioid epidemic? Your last paper is a very recent review article by Volkow and colleagues. Nora Volkow is the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). In this article, pay attention to what the current responses and treatments are for the opioid epidemic, and what Volkow and colleagues think should be changed about our current practices.