Want to learn more about how drugs and alcohol are affecting our kids? The DMPTO has the following videos and DVD's available for checkout. Contact Nancy King at 480-860-6491 for details.
The Truth About Drinking – DVD or Video with teacher’s lesson plan book
Running Time: 30 minutes
In this powerful CD, teens who are current drinkers see firsthand what the future may hold for them. They learn about alcohol’s effects on the brain, how it impairs a driver, and what it’s like to live with alcohol addiction. The program culminates with the realistic simulation of three “deaths” in a drunk-driving accident. The teens watch videotape of their parents’ reaction to the news. The fourth participant is “booked” & sent to prison. The 3 victims of the crash visit the coroner’s office to learn of the fatal injuries each suffered. Finally, the 4 attend the funerals of the 3 who “died” & listen as their parents read farewell tributes to their children. The emotional results are a final lesson to the participants and the viewers.
Binge Drinking Blowout: The extreme dangers of Alcohol Abuse – DVD & teacher’s lesson plan book
Running Time: 30 minutes
Interviews high school kids & discusses physical effects of drinking: (1) loss of coordination, memory, consciousness (2) changes in personality; increased aggression, less inhibitions leading to sex and mixing other drugs and (3) dizziness, double vision, vomiting, bloodshot eyes, headache, possible death.
Provides vocabulary words such as “funneling”, alcohol poisoning, vehicular homicide and shows emergency room with interviews of doctors and victims of drunk drivers.
The teaching booklet provides talking points for you and your teen, including “what if” scenarios for them to consider.
Ecstasy: What’s All the Rave About? - Video
Running Time: 28 minutes
Interviews various health care panelists plus 2 teenage recovering addicts. Explains the recent explosive growth in use, the huge profit potential for dealers, and the physical & mental consequences to its users. Gives parents signs to watch for i.e., behavioral changes, change in friends, loosing interest in activities. Includes education and advice for parents from the 2 teenage addict’s perspectives. Provides internet resources: www.clubdrugs.org; www.theantidrug.com, www.health.org, and www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov.
Heroin Kids: Dying for Help - DVD
Running time: 20 minutes
Emergency room doctor addresses a classroom of middle school kids. He describes the affects on the body, mind and lifestyle, including stealing, shooting, prison. Includes interviews with teenage addicts and siblings/parents of addicts who have died. Emphasizes the fact you can die by trying it once. Describes how heroin blocks the gag reflex and how that can lead to death.
Marijuana: One More Toke – DVD
Running Time: 20 minutes
Outlines facts: (1) A gateway drug, (2) kids using marijuana are 150 times more likely to use cocaine, and (3) causes short term memory loss leading to difficulty in school. Shows high school kids smoking and getting busted at school, resulting in expulsion. Interviews kids & discussed effects of pot smoking on their lives; including prison.
The Truth About Drugs- DVD
Running Time: 30 minutes
Listen to teens that have made critical mistakes so you can learn how to make better choices. Explore the lives of several young people, who have been forever changed by drug use. It shows the immediate consequences of illegal drugs, and it illustrates in vivid detail how easily a life can be changed or destroyed after one drug use. The effects of heroin, cocaine, Ecstasy and other drugs are discussed, as well as techniques for turning away from risky drug-related situations.