Consequences of Marijuana Use

This WebQuest was created November 2002

By

David Beyer

You work for ComTech Services and your boss has just called you up to his executive office suite to receive an important assignment. You are nervous, because this task could be the one that will get you that long awaited promotion from mid-level management to upper level management.

Good Luck!

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion

Introduction

All of you are designated as my Employee Recovery Team. As a member of ERT, you will tackle workforce issues. Your goal is to improve the efficiency of this company’s workers.

The single greatest problem that our employees currently face is drug use. Our company is losing millions of dollars every year as a result of drug use. Our employees are suffering from large medical bills, loss of pay for missed days, and are at risk of being fired. The company would rather save an experienced worker than hire new people and have to provide extensive training for them.

The most widely used drug is marijuana. Your first assignment is to produce a pamphlet that outlines for employees the consequences of marijuana use. These pamphlets will be included with every employee’s paycheck three weeks from now.

Task

Your team will produce a pamphlet that is designed to persuade employees of the company not to use marijuana. There are several things that must be accomplished in order to achieve this goal.

1. You must research the effects of marijuana on people’s lives.

2. You must research persuasive devices and select the ones you wish to include in your pamphlet.

3. You must organize your pamphlet in a way that readers will find appealing.

4. You must prepare a copy of your pamphlet using computer software.

Process & Guidance

Student Rolls

Editor The editor will be responsible for preparing both draft and final pamphlets on a computer program such as Microsoft Publisher and making them available to team members for review.	Propagandist The propagandist will be responsible for researching persuasive devices and sharing that information with other team members.
Coordinator The coordinator will be responsible for insuring that team members share equally in the decision-making process and treat each other with respect.	Judge The judge will be responsible for verifying, where possible, the accuracy of gathered information.

1 All team members will research the consequences of marijuana use.

2 All information will be shared and then reviewed by the Judge.

3 The Propagandist will report to the team on persuasive devices.

4 The team will organize the information and select persuasive devices to be used in the pamphlet.

5 The Editor will prepare a rough draft.

6 The team will meet to make changes as many times as needed to produce the best possible pamphlet.

Resources

Statistics on drug use can be obtained from local government agencies.

Search Engine Suggestions:

+marijuana +consequences

A few good cites to start with:

Factline: on Marijuana

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/publications/iprc/factline/marij.html

Brown University Health Education

http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/ATOD/Marijuana.htm

Michigan State University Health Education

http://healthed.msu.edu/fact/marijuana.shtml

Sex and Marijuana

http://www.forreal.org/think/sexandmj.asp

Prevention Fact Sheet

http://www.preventionsource.bc.ca/psbc/pdf/marijuana.pdf

Evaluation

The scoring rubric can be found at:

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/view_rubric.php3?id=455046

Conclusion

Upon completion of this project, students will have practiced skills necessary for success in the modern business world, and they will have been exposed to drug intervention information that they might otherwise ignore in a lecture style presentation.