Original Work Proposal A large part of pediatrics, as well as the field of medicine as a whole, is prescription medication. The aspect of prescription medicine includes both the abuse of medication, as well as medical compliance, or not completing a doctor's treatment. Especially in the field of pediatrics, the child cannot be responsible for their own medication and treatment, and the parents of the child could be just as easily preoccupied with their own eventful and busy lives. Not saying that these are bad parents, but people make mistakes, and people forget. To elaborate, I offer the following questions to you: How can the abuse or compliance of medication affect individuals in the long run, especially children and adolescents? How can we bring this medical issue to an end? I have decided to utilize my original work proposal to brainstorm and create an effective way to bring an end to prescription drug ignorance (compliance) and the abuse of prescription drugs. In addition, I hope to enlighten people and have an increase in awareness to individuals who are unaware of this medical issue. My proposal, is to create an original form of visual “art” or “aid” that will raise awareness regarding the overall impact that these two completely different medical issues can have on an individual's life. This form visual aid will provide statistics and regarding both specific issues individually, as well as the issue as a whole. The purpose of my work is to illustrate the results that these medical issues can have on an individual's personal and physical health. To make this original work a reality, the following steps will be taken. I will continue to conduct extensive research about these two issues, and continue to gather statistics regarding the medical status of individuals who practice either medical compliance, or prescription medical drug abuse. In addition to research, I hope to achieve information through all of my future informational interviews. Through interviews with different medical professionals, I hope to gather information from a primary source regarding personal experience and exposure to this issue (without breaching confidentiality, of course), and how particular medical physicians deal with this issue. My field being pediatrics, I will gain insight as to how these issues have affected the lives of children and adolescents. In addition to research, interviews, and statistics, I must continue to brainstorm and decide which form of “visual aid” (book, video, pamphlet, poster, etc) would be most effective in persuading my audience. I will be sure to utilize a variety of persuasive techniques (courtesy of AP Language and Composition) through my work, in order to assure that an effective argument is made with regards to these two very different medical issues. The overall goal of these proposal, is not as complex or abstract as it may, or may not seem. I hope to spread awareness and prevention of both medical compliance (the failure to complete an individual's prescribed treatment), and medical prescription drug abuse among adolescents. I hope that the spread of awareness will lead to a decrease in medical cases regarding these two issues. I feel as if the issues of medical compliance and prescription drug abuse are definite issues that need to be addressed in the medical field, and I hope to make a difference in being one step closer to completely eliminating these issues from the future generations, as my current target audience is children and adolescents, and their parents. I hope that my original work will make a difference in the lives of those individuals inside and outside of my community.