This collection of five DVDs is suitable for children in Grades 3-6, to convey to them the dangers of drugs and smoking, and thus hopefully prevent them from developing substance abuse problems later. Can purchase all five for $418.95, or each title separately.

 

Drugs: What Kids Need to Know - Two engaging hosts, colorful graphics, and realistic vignettes define a drug as any substance that changes the way your brain and body work. Kids learn the benefits of medicines when taken properly, the dangers of using tobacco, alcohol and marijuana, and easy ways to stand up for themselves in the face of peer pressure. After viewing this program they will understand how drugs and alcohol can damage developing bodies, recognize what constitutes substance abuse, develop skills to resist peer pressure, and learn the serious consequences of taking illegal drugs. Viewing time: 20 minutes. $99.95.

 

Dangerous Drugs - This dynamic program grabs kids’ attention and demonstrates how drugs damage the human body. Powerful examples create a high-impact, anti-drug message. Viewing time: 26 minutes. $79.95.

 

Why I Won't Do Drugs - Designed for earliest drug education, this program helps young viewers make the connection between understanding and respecting your body and how drug use can harm it. Presents a positive, no-use message in terms students can easily relate to. Begins with four peer hosts taking viewers on a musical tour of the human body. Pointing out the wonderful things the body can do, they urge viewers to take good care of theirs. Doing drugs isn't safe, doesn't solve your problems, and is a poor way to make friends, the peer hosts say. Viewing time: 10 minutes. $79.95.

 

What About Tobacco? - With the help of peer hosts, colorful graphics, and animation, this video shows students how their hearts and lungs work, and how tobacco use impairs the normal functioning of these vital organs. Helps students understand the addictive nature of nicotine and why it is against the law for children to buy cigarettes. Identifies the substances in cigarettes and shows how the two most harmful (tar and nicotine) affect heart and lung function. Describes the effects of cigars and chewing tobacco on health. Looks at the dangers of secondhand smoke and suggests ways for viewers to avoid it. Viewing time: 15 minutes. $79.95.

 

Smelly Smoking - Kids may think that cigarettes are “cool,” but this program reveals the truth about the harmful effects of tobacco. Students discover that smoking causes serious diseases, smells bad, and looks awful! Viewing time: 24 minutes. $79.95.

 

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