Final Presentation Outline

Amber Upton Forensic Pathology

Overdoses: Lethal drugs and how they affect the body Spring 2019 Ms. Click

Disclaimer

• Information used in this powerpoint is from outside resources.

My Mentor • Ms. Lindsey Turman is an Autopsy Technician III at Galveston County Medical Examiners office where she has worked since 2015- present. She attended Texas A&M University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Forensic Science. She furthered her education at Mary-Hardin Baylor University.

ISM (Independent Study Mentorship) ISM is the Independent Study Mentorship class, where you must complete 3 hours with your mentor every week and also 2 hours of personal activity where you put time towards your project and researching information.

At the beginning of the semester you get to chose a mentor in a career area of your choice. At the end of the semester we present a project on our area of study we are mentoring in to share with the class all you have learned while your time there.

We also submit weekly journal logs of our activities while visiting our mentor! Throughout the semester we create a website where all of our assignments

Project Topic:

For My project I am studying the drugs that are causing overdoses. I chose this because overdoses are so prevalent in my age group and my older sisters. I think this project will benefit my classmates by informing them of the dangers of mixing and using drugs and medications.

Action Shots at Mentorship

5 Key Points

1 Prescribed Medication Overdoses

2 Illegal drugs that cause overdoses

3 Drug overdose case caused by illegal narcotics

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Drug Overdose case caused by consumption of prescribed medication

Intentional overdoses/ Addiction

Key Point 1: Prescribed Medication Overdoses • What are the most commonly abused prescription drugs • Are these drugs known to be resold and over used • How these drugs affect the body and why people use them

Key Point 2: Illegal drugs that cause overdoses • Most commonly abused narcotics • How these drugs affect the body • How much of each drug does it take to overdose

Key Point 3: Drug overdose case caused by illegal narcotics • Details about decendent • How much drugs were found in their system • What caused the overdose

Key Point 4: Drug Overdose case caused by consumption of prescribed medication • Information about decedent • What drugs were found in their system/ how much of the drug

• How the drug found in decedent caused an overdose

Key Point 5: Intentional overdoses/ Addiction

• Commonly used drug people use to intentionally overdose • Statistics on ages of intentional suicide by overdose

Future Research Topics • I plan on researching drownings and the affects water decay has on the body

• For a future topic I want to research the process for medical examiners when visiting a crime scene • I want to learn more about the tasks of a blood analyst

Current Event: “Coming Soon to a Police Station Near You: The DNA Magic Box” • My current event was about a DNA machine put in all police stations • How it would benefit unsolved cases • Relates to my field because DNA is a huge part of identifying decedents etc.

Project Product • I will be creating a poster • Fun facts about drugs • Facts about most abused drugs

• Facts about addiction to opioids

Conclusion: At the end of this semester I want to have a lot of knowledge about prescribed medications. I think there is a chance I could pursue a career in forensic Pathology, but if not I am interested in Pharmaceuticals.

Thank You! • I’d like to thank my teacher Ms.Click for helping me with choosing my topic and making my project interesting and successful. • I would also like to thank my mentor for making this experience fun and enjoyable, but educating me about the area of study I hope to pursue a career in. • I would also like to thank my parents, especially my mom who got me this opportunity and has helped tremendously with my project. Love you mom!

• Most importantly Thank You to my evaluators!!!

Work Cited • Lewis, Allison. “Dangers in DNA Testing.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 Jan. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/opinion/letters/dnatesting.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion= stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.