Alcohol And Drugs - Know What You're Doing

Duration: 17

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1983

Creator: SANDLER INSTITUTIONAL FILMS

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Presents former alcohol and drug users who tell how they became abusers and how they came to realize that drugs didn't make their problems go away, but, in fact, compounded them. Points out that students have a choice.

Complete Record: In this program, students hear former alcohol and drug users tell how they became abusers. In an informal setting, Rick, Cassandra, and Margie talk to a group of sixth graders about their experiences with alcohol and drugs. They are very open about when and why they turned to drugs. Each of them came to recognize, however, that the drugs did not make their problems go away, but, in fact, compounded them. Explains the specific effects of ethyl alcohol on the human body. Describes how alcohol is made and its characteristics. Traces the course of alcohol through the body until it either oxidizes or escapes, and shows the effect of alcohol on the brain. Dramatizes the case of a problem drinker, including a treatment.