Shows how drinking impairs a person's coordination, vision, and reaction time; how the brain and other organs suffer lasting damage from alcohol use; how a drunk person really drives; and how drinking can lead to spending months in a rehabilitation center.

 

A BESTSELLER! Alcohol kills more than five times the number of people killed by cocaine, heroin, and every other illegal drug combined. Yet for teenagers, alcohol is the number one drug of choice, and many consider it "cool" to drink as much as they can in social situations involving their peers.

In this program, hosted by Leeza Gibbons, students' comprehension of the consequences of drinking are expanded and reinforced as the program's teen drinkers experience the potential results of alcohol use from every perspective, including:

The program culminates in a realistic simulation of the "deaths" of three participants who got into a car with a fourth who was driving drunk. The teens watch videotape of their parents' reaction to the news. The driver is then "booked" and sent to prison.

 

The three victims visit the coroner's office to learn of the fatal injuries each suffered in the crash. Finally, the foursome attend the funerals of the three who "died" in the crash and listen as their parents read farewell tributes to their children.

Grades 4 to 12 and adults. 30 minutes. Closed-captioned. 1998. 

Note: This item is part of the Teen Files Series.

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