New Resource – Teens At Risk: Youth and Drugs

Teens At Risk: Youth and Drugs DVD

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Resource #: TRYD964W

Teens At Risk… Powerful Insights Into Powerful Issues

The TEENS AT RISK series deals with powerful and relevant issues facing teenagers today.  This series reveals first hand how young people deal with and overcome the very real challenges encountered as part of their growing up.  Relevant to all teens and with real life messages about real life issues, these highly charged personal interviews and stories reveal, in their own words, how significant and seemingly overwhelming problems can be to overcome. 

TEENS AT RISK is crafted by experts to help solve and give advise about pressing issues facing youth in school, family and adolescent society and gives viewers the messages of hope and support that are needed in this complex and often overwhelming world.

Children generally believe that alcohol and drug use is safe.  Bombarded by media from an early age, the average 18 year old has seen well over 100, 000 television commercials encouraging them to drink.  Any illicit drug use by adolescents can have immediate, long-term health and social consequences. 

Overall, mental health problems including depression, developmental lags, apathy, withdrawal, conduct problems, personality disorders, suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide, and other psychosocial dysfunctions are frequentlylinked to substance abuse among adolescents.  Arrest, adjudication and intervention by the juvenile justice system are eventual consequences for many youths engaged in alcohol and other drug use.