Read Gabor Mate’s essay “Embraced by the Needle”, which is attached to this request. and please answer this questions.
What is the thesis statement in this essay? To what extent are you in agreement with it? What kind of support does he provide for it? Would this essay have been more impressive if there were academic sources included?
Share with others your responses to the importance or significance of this topic today and what you think Mate and others could do to help addicts and then prevent substance abuse. Has Mate left out any important aspects of the topic?