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How a Five-Sentence "Letter to the Editor" Contributed to the Opioid Crisis: Why Meticulous Citation Practices Are Imperative
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Laura Hamilton Brown – Communication Teacher, 2025
Students will analyze article excerpts that demonstrate how the opioid crisis was fueled by a five-sentence "letter to the editor" that was uncritically cited as "evidence" that opioid addiction was rare. Indirectly this activity demonstrates why ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence platforms should never be…
Descriptors: Letters (Correspondence), Citations (References), Evidence, Misinformation