Week 16
Final Project
Select a demographic group and a illicit drug.
Select a demographic group and a illicit drug.
Option 1 – paper with graphics (8 – 12 pages)
Option 2 – Digital presentation – PowerPoint style
Option 4 – Video ( 8 – 12 minutes)
Resources (copy & paste link into your browser):
Select a demographic group and a illicit drug.
- Explain why you chose the population group and the drug.
- Explain the cost of use for the individual user and for society (state of WI). How big of a market is this drug? Explain the impact of the drug use. What is the tax revenue…what is the health care cost…what is the impact in the workforce...families...how many lives are lost or impacted from the effects of the drug use? (source citations are important here)
- Explain how the drug impacts the individual user (physiologically and psychologically). Make connections to the course material.
- Describe the side effects (desired and undesired), how do these change with prolonged use?
- Describe the prevalence over time – cite sources.
- Describe what influenced the prevalence over time (increase, decrease, or steady rate)
- Include the how the media portrays the use of the drug (insider & outsider), including advertising, music, movie clips...
- What policies/regulations currently pertain to the use of the drug? Discuss why they exist, how effective are they, what are the pros and cons?
- How have you directly experienced the prevention measures related to this drug (education, laws…)
- What resources are available to users online & in your community
- Explain a cessation/harm reduction program.
Option 1 – paper with graphics (8 – 12 pages)
Option 2 – Digital presentation – PowerPoint style
- If you choose to do a PowerPoint/Google Slides/Prezi, include a more detailed written explanation in notes section below the slides and/or include a audio narration of the slides.
Option 4 – Video ( 8 – 12 minutes)
Resources (copy & paste link into your browser):
- Screencast-o-matic - screen capture and recording - https://screencast-o-matic.com/home
- Adding audio to PowerPoint - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP3kTmsnbnY
- APA formating using Cite Machine - http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-book