Potential Interviews

For my paper on Drug and Alcohol use by celebrities, movies, and television, interviews would definitely be a good insight to help me to write my paper. One person that I could interview is my Dad. He works for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in the narcotics section. He catches people who deal drugs illegally and puts them in jail. I could ask him questions such as: What type of devastation do you see drugs do to individuals? How about their family? What long term effects do you see drugs do to people? What is the most common way for you to catch someone dealing drugs? Are there usually more than one person involved in the dealing process? Do you see that people using drugs in the media is similar to everyday people using drugs? What made you decide to go into this field of work? Does it take a lot of time before you can actually arrest someone for dealing drugs? How many officers are usually undercover for a drug bust? Do you usually bust more guys or girls? Are the people you bust usually drug users themselves, or do they just deal?
I could also interview some of my friends to get their perspective of how they think the media portrays the use of drugs and alcohol. I can see if their view is similar to mine, or if they are completely opposite. Questions I could ask them are: Do you think media portrays alcohol and drugs positively or negatively? What examples do you have to support this? Do you think that celebrities drink or do drugs to show class status or to look glamorous? Do you think that the media would still be popular without presentation of drugs and alcohol? Do you think the use of drugs and alcohol is over exaggerated in the media? Do you know of any celebrities that participate in campaigns against drug and alcohol use? What are some consequences you know that come with drug and alcohol use? What percentage of celebrities do you think use drugs? Do you think a celebrity’s location (Ex: NY or LA) influences their drug and alcohol use? Do you think that less teenagers would use drugs and alcohol if it was not so heavily used in the media?