Teens learn the hard facts about alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use.
Series includes 1 each of the following 5 titles:
Binge Drinking Blowout 2 - In high school news travels fast and bad news moves at lightning speed. A cell phone text conversation informs us that Justin is dead after "passing out" playing "Hot Shots", a drinking game. Students share experiences of blackouts, violence, date rape encounters, and alcohol poisoning emergencies, while friends and families of victims tell students about the heavy price they paid.
Binge Drinking Blowout teaches that mixing drugs with alcohol is lethal and that "partying" has serious consequences not to be ignored. 21 minutes.
Smoking the Toxic Truth 2 - Jill texts Zoey with the news that she has broken up with her boyfriend, Brady, because of his smoking. Throughout the show, Jill and Zoey continue chatting online about the negatives of smoking and how it divides teens socially. They meet Terry Jones, a larynx cancer patient struggling with the results of his choice to smoke. Terry's son laments that his Dad is different now that he has cancer, brought on himself by smoking. In a positive conclusion, it features teens warning peers about tobacco toxicity and addiction. 24 minutes.
This is Your Brain on Alcohol 2 - Popular high school students present groundbreaking information about the effects of alcohol on developing brains for middle school students. New studies show that the brain builds its basic capacities for the future during adolescent years. Alcohol use during this time has a major negative impact because it disrupts the growing brain's plasticity. The message in this peer education video is clear: Alcohol use is neither healthy nor cool. 17 minutes.
Tobacco Horror Picture Show 2 - A text message chat between brothers kicks off
Tobacco Horror Picture Show, a hit video combining humor with horror in a memorable format to drive home the message that nicotine hooks you, while tar in tobacco kills you. Featured is Debi Austin, a throat cancer victim who smokes through the stoma opening in her neck where her larynx used to be. Dramatic presentations by "vampires" and other horror genre characters are balanced with interviews from the recovering teen smokers and dippers who offer sage advice to fellow students: "Don't start!" 25 minutes.
Marijuana the Gateway Drug 2 - A typical debate between students about marijuana use, leads this prevention video. It presents students who have learned the hard way about marijuana passing on their knowledge that it starts a lifestyle of drug use. Their first joint can lead students to hard drugs, prison, or even death. Former teen users beg students not to take that step. 22 minutes.
