Decades Drug Presentaion

Drug Decade Research assignment:
You will choose a decade from the 3 options that you were given to research one of the following topics or a couple that may have been prevalent during the time period that you selected.
There is also a list attached. Drug Distribution, Drug Elimination, Alcohol, Inhalants, Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Opioids, Morphine, Heroin, Methadone Maintenance Program, Cannabis, Cocaine, Amphetamines, Methamphetamines, LSD, Phencyclidine, Anabolic Steroids, Drug Abuse, Dependence and Abstinence, Drugs and Laws. If you are interested in another topic, please email instructor.
What was the primary drug problem during this decade in the United States?
Choose another country to research and compare that country to the US during the same decade. Which drugs were problematic or prevalent in the other country for that decade?
Share stats of the US compared to another country during that decade including:
Which demographic (age, sex, race, etc) used the drug that you researched during this decade?

What were the motivating factors or reasons that people used the drugs during this time?
What were the popular trends or possible political issues during this decade?
Include photos from your decade about drug use/abuse/prevention/addiction. Describe the relevance of the drug to the decade.
How did drug abusers’ actions impact themselves, their families, and their communities during this decade? How did the impacts of the drug compare to the other country that you chose?
What were the treatment options at that time for users of the drug? Where there helpful meetings to attend? Where users admitted to a mental facility? Could a user go to jail for using the drug?
How did the laws regarding the drug that you researched compare to the US during the time and another country?
During this decade you chose, was there a popular drug culture or historical drug event that happened during this decade. Explain the event in detail including location, endurance or length of event, drug user’s profile (age, sex, etc).
You will present a powerpoint and upload that powerpoint presentation into voicethread. Please list pertinent facts in a bullet point format on each slide, there should not be paragraphs of information on the powerpoint slides. You will verbally describe the contents of each slide. Minimum length is a 10-minute presentation.

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