Drug Research Team
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“Drug Research” – Presentation
Outline
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Executive Summary
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Needs Analysis
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Solution Description
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Solution Criteria
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Solution Choice
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Team Members
z Erica
Ledesma
z Mayra
Fernandez
z Israel
Pliego
z Rebeca
Castaneda
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Responsibilities
z Team
Leader - Israel Pliego
z Need
Statement - Mayra Fernandez
z Need
Statement - Rebeca Castaneda
z Solution
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Statement - Erica
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Executive Summary
Israel pliego
Project Goal
z To
collect information and data about:
z What
percent of the people in Watsonville are
being affected by drug use.
z To
create a proposal that will address:
z The
needs of people of Watsonville who use
drugs.
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Data Collection
¾ Surveyed 157 people
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68% - Drug users
18% – ExEx-Drug users
14% – Family members with Drug users
¾ Surveys distributed to and collected from:
¾ Neighborhoods
¾ Lincoln Street
¾ Freedom
¾ Arthur Road
¾ Schools:
¾ Watsonville Community
¾ SOS
¾ New School
¾ Cabrillo College – Watsonville Center
¾ Watsonville High School students getting lunch downtown
¾ La Placita
¾ Many parties
¾ Center for Employment Training
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The Need:
Drug Abuse
Mayra Fernandez
&
Rebeca Castaneda
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Background
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Surveyed 157 people
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68% Drug Users
18% ExEx-Drug Users
14% Family Members of Drug Users
85% Latinos
59% Male
41% women
Interviewed 157 people from:
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La Placita
On the streets
at Schools
C.E.T
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What is the need?
Young people in Watsonville do drugs because
they:
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curious,
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personal problems, and
involvement and support from parents
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Why does this need occur?
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Teenagers have personal problems and are curious
about drugs
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Families don’t know about each other’s problems
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Families who have problems don’
don’t know about programs
that can help them
Both parents are working, they don’t have time for
their family
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Children don’
don’t want to tell their parents about their
problems
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When is the need evident?
z When
53% of both parents are working
z 80%
of the people start the use of drugs
because of their personal problems since
they don’t have nobody to talk to about
them.
z 86%
use drugs for the first time with a
friend.
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What is the problem?
z Not
having support from parents
z 53%
of the parents work
z 80% start the use of drugs because of personal
problems
z Get
them to start a program
z 12%
of teenagers under the age of 10 started to
use drugs for the first time
z 74% of the people want to stop the use of drugs
and want to stay clean.
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What evidence do you have to
support your claim?
80%
73%
80%
70%
60%
both parents working
53%
50%
personal problems
start the use of drugs
40%
30%
start the use of drugs
between the age of
10-17
20%
10%
0%
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Are both parents working?
54%
53%
52%
51%
50%
49%
48%
47%
46%
45%
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47%
One
parent
working
Both
parents
working
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What evidence do you have to
support your claim?
57%
60%
50%
People who die for
drugs abuse
40%
32%
30%
people who try to live
drugs but they don't
have any help
20%
10%
0%
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How old were you when you first
tried a drug?
70%
60%
50%
40%
Ages when they
first tried a drug
30%
20%
10%
0%
10
11- 17
years years
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Who did you first try a drug with?
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
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Friend other
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Do you see yourself using drugs in
the future?
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
# of people
30%
20%
10%
0%
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Yes
No
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What are the consequences of meeting
the need?
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Drug usage would decrease
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Families can help their family members with
personal problems.
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Less people will die because of drug abuse.
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More young people will stay in school, and be
more prepared for the future.
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Consequences of not meeting the need.
z Young
people will use drugs to deal with:
z their
personal problems and
z their curiosity about drugs.
z Young
people will have more deaths
because of drug abuse.
z Fewer people might not make it to college
z Families will be stressed by drug use
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What do young people need to prevent
them from and stop using drugs?
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Get parents more involved in their children’s lives
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Have parents and families communicate and work
together to support family members with personal
problems
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Be involved in a program to deal with personal
problems
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The Solution
Erika Ledesma
Drug Prevention: Three Solutions
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Family Counseling
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Drug Free Night Club
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For family members
Talk about problems
Talk about other options
Involved with Youth Centers
Promote a safe and clean environment
For teenagers to have something to do other than drugs
Workshop / Presentation
Interaction
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Solution 1: Family Counseling
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For teenagers to talk to their parents and family
members about problems/ issues that they are
having.
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Talk to teenagers and parents about options.
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They would meet at least once a week.
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They would meet for at least 1.5 hours a
session.
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Solution 2: Drug Free Night Club
z Promoting
a drug free environment with
entertainment
z To
reward teens who are involved in the
community.
z For
ages 16 and up
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Solution 3: Workshop / Presentation
It will be made up of volunteers who really want to help keep our
our
community drugdrug-free.
z Teens who used drugs in the past & quit
z Teens who lost somebody because of drugs
z Teens who are drug free & never tried it, but know a close
somebody who uses drugs.
z Talk about the physical, mental, and emotional effects drugdrug-users
and /or family members, friends, or significant others.
z Talk about other programs that deal with drugs in our community,
or any other issue that affects families.
z Give out brochures that inform the people about how to stay drug
free.
z If they want to talk oneone-onon-one with somebody in the workshop,
they could.
z Talk about alternatives.
z Testimonials
z Interaction throughthrough-out workshop
z Present in all schools in Watsonville.
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to the school boardWatsonville
to getDigital
approved.
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Criteria for Selecting Solution
Expense ((-)
City support (+)
Numb of people serve (+)
Funding (+)
Community support (+)
Most likely to workwork-out (+)
Who is in the need the most (+)
More direct contact w/people (+)
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CRITERIA
Critiria
Expense ((-)
City support (+)
Numb of people serve (+)
Funding (+)
Community support (+)
Most likely to workwork-out (+)
Who is in the need the most (+)
More direct contact w/people (+)
Most impact (+)
Fits ok = *
Fits better = **
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Counseling
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Workshop
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Selected Solution: Workshop /
Presentation
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workshop would be given in all the
schools in the Watsonville Community.
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Description of Workshop /
Presentation
z Volunteers
z Teenagers
z Interaction
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through out Workshop
Brochures
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Volunteers
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Teenagers who have used drugs in the past.
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Teenagers who have lost somebody because of
drugs.
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Teenagers who know somebody close to them that
uses drugs
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Teenagers who want to keep this community drugfree.
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Interaction
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Have games
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Ask questions
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Answer questions
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Give out flyers and brochure that have helpful
information about drugs
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If needed, talk oneone-onon-one with the kids / teens in the
presentation.
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Presentation
z Start
with introducing the Workshop and
the people in the workshop.
z Have
at least one testimonial
z Talk
about the physical, mental, and
emotional effects drug-users and /or
family members, friends, or significant
others.
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Goals of Solution
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To have a drug free community.
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To reach the youth at a young age, so they
don’t start using drugs.
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To answer all questions teens and older kids
have about drugs.
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To show them alternatives to doing drugs.
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To provide them help, if needed, and keeping it
confidential.
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Solution Outcomes
¾ Less teenagers will do drugs
¾ Drug Free Community
¾ Educated kids and teens about drugs
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Solution Objectives
¾ Objective
1: Get approval from the School
District Board about this workshop
¾ Objective
2: Develop the workshop and
deliver it to the schools in Watsonville
¾ Objective
3: Present in every school in
Watsonville and to 95% of the students
between the ages of 10 and 19.
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