15 Aug Cocaine
Multimedia Research ProjectInstructions
As a culminating project, you will incorporate yourknowledge gained in the class into a 1315-slide PowerPoint presentation, focusingon a specific drug of your choice. The presentations purpose is to providegeneral information about the drug and then to focus on prevention of abuse. Becreative! It is intended that you could use your presentation as an educationaltool for a self-selected audience (e.g., write your presentation to a specificage group). You will be graded on your design, color choice and font size/text.Use images and graphics as appropriate to your design and information.
The purpose of the PowerPoint is that the slides could beused as a teaching tool. All materials used must be paraphrased or summarizedand not directly quoted. Do not write infull sentences and paragraphs in this presentation. You are encouraged to usebullet points.
Title (1 slide) Title of yourpresentation and who your audience is.
- Background information about the drug (2 slides) History of the drug, etc.
- Public Health Issues and Usage trends (12 slides) Is usage increasing or decreasing, and what is the public health effect on society?
- Administration of the drug (1 slide) How the drug enters the body (may be multiple ways).
- Distribution of the drug (1 slide) How does the drug travel through the body?
- Site of action of the drug (1 slide) Where does the drug work in the body? What neurotransmitters are involved?
- Metabolism of the drug (1 slide) How and where is the drug broken down in the body?
- Excretion of the drug (1 slide) How does the drug leave the body?
- Current treatment trends for the drug (23 slides).
- Outline of your drug use prevention program. You may highlight an already existing program, or create your own. (24 slides).
- Reference list must be in current APA format (# of slides as needed).
Follow current APA format for citations as necessary. A minimumof 5 scholarly sources is required for this project. Scholarly sources could bepeer-reviewed journals, professional websites (such as a drug prevention agency),or a governmental website (such as CDC).
