22. F.D.A. Likely to Add Limits on Painkillers

      The writer, Sabrina Tavernase, writes about people going against painkillers. First, she describes what has happened on last Friday: Food and Drug Administration has voted to make restrictions on painkillers like Vicodin that contain hydrocodone. Then he goes on by describing the FDA's recommendation in more details, which would limit access to these drugs. In addition to that, he also explains the readers, the seriousness of the drugs. They take the lives of more Americans than other drugs like heroin and cocaine. However, many people go against this change due to the strong pain that will be caused on the sick people, especially in rural areas. Then to end her article, the writer writes about Senator Joe Manchin III, a Democrat from West Virginia, which is a state that has been hit hard by the prescription drug epidemic. He supports a tougher restriction, and says: “For under-age children, these drugs are easier to get than beer or cigarettes.”

     The purpose of this article is to inform the readers about the PDA's vote against the painkillers that is considered worse than some other drugs. Besides that, by informing the readers about this seriousness, she wants to persuade them to also go against these painkillers that are so common nowadays. By describing some bad results of these drugs, and also by mentioning about the support of some experts and famous people such as the Senator Joe Manchin, she succeeds in adding credibility to her argument and persuasion.