Medication

This essay is based on Philip Alcabes’s “Medication Nation” and Jeremy Greene’s “Generic Drugs: The Same, but Not.” Both essays offer perspectives on the uses of and views  about recreational drugs and/or prescription medication in the US.   Please write a unified essay that compares and contrasts what each writer is saying about recreational drugs and/or prescription medication in the US. What conclusions do the authors draw about the history of and current thinking about the classification of recreational drugs and/or prescription medication? What are the larger implications of the views about recreational drugs and/or prescription medication raised in the two texts? Be sure your thesis statement includes the main similarities and/or differences between the two texts, and why those similarities and/or differences are important.     Please be specific in your answer, drawing on the texts to support your assertions.  You should use relevant quotes from the texts to strengthen your arguments. Please remember to  proofread your work.   The main focus of your essay must be the two texts.