Macomb County office of Substance Abuse

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L Videos

LAAM: ANOTHER TREATMENT FOR OPIATE ADDICTION
Shows how LAAM can be used to meet the opiate treatment needs of individual clients from provider and patient perspectives. Compares and contrasts LAAM with methadone. (1995, 15 min.)
Selected Audience: Substance Abuse counselors

LAST TO KNOW (THE)
Nearly one-half of the estimated ten million alcoholics in this country are women, yet their special problems are totally ignored. Concealed by families, protected by friends and physicians, these women are kept invisible. They are often the last to know. (1984, 45 Min.)
Selected Audience: Junior high/Adults

LEGAL BUT DEADLY: ABUSING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Prescription drugs like OxyContin, Ritalin, Vicodin, Xanax and codeine based cough syrup are making headlines around the nation as teens continue to abuse these “legal” drugs by crushing the pills and snorting or injecting the powder or drinking the liquid. Studies continue to offer evidence of an emerging problem with OxyContin and Ritalin addiction among young people. Sadly, too many teens don’t realize how dangerous their experimentation can be. This timely video highlights several recent cases of teens that became addicted to prescription drugs and the resulting consequences. Program highlights kids’ false beliefs about these drugs and the all too common belief that because these drugs are prescribed they are therefore safe. On camera physicians also describe the severe side effects of prescription drugs and how these drugs seriously compromise the brain’s functions. The video makes clear that any misuse of a legal drug is not only illegal but, can also be fatal. (2005, 20 min)
Selected Audience: Teens and Twenties

LET’S HELP YOUTH STAY DRUG FREE
Part 1: New Goals, New Resources - This is a national teleconference, by SAMHSA, CADCA, CSAP and National Guard. A panel of professionals answer questions and guide the discussion to direct parents and professionals to goals and resources. (117 Min.), Part 2: Building Healthy Youth: Strategies and Services - This national teleconference discusses consequences, the law, peer pressure, attitudes and other issues that surround substance use. Risk and protective factors associated with substance use is another area covered. ALL STARS Program, Dare To Be You, and The Boys and Girls Club are some programs highlighted. Grants awarded and incentive programs available dealt with in this video. (120 Min.) (1997)
Selected Audience: Parents/Professionals

LIFT IT UP
A riveting six-minute video that draws a straight line between alcohol and violence. It tackles the controversial issue of the role alcohol plays in assault, murder, child abuse, rape, emotional trauma, and physical violence. Starting softly -through poetry - the video unmasks the immensity of the issue. (1995, 6 Min.)
Selected Audience: Community groups

LIVING IN BALANCE
With colorful animated graphics presented through state of the art electronics, this program explains how basic right/left brain dominance relates to alcohol/drug use, stress, adolescent/parent problems, and a host of other conditions caused by imbalance. It sets the stage and challenges the viewer to explore personal balance. (1985, 20 Min.)
Selected Audience: Adolescents/Substance abuse professionals

LIVING IN BALANCE
In three separate parts, Living in Balance provides information on lifestyle skills that enhance health, relationships, and self understanding. It provides tools and techniques that help prevent stress, substance abuse, and self destruction. (1985) Part 1 - Overview (20 Min.), Part 2 - Peer Pressure, Fear Pressure (21 Min.), Part 3 - Alternatives (28 Min.), Part 4 - Body Parts (60 Min.)
Selected Audience: Junior-senior high/Adult

LIVING WITH ADDICTION: A FAMILY DISEASE
This realistic program shows teens who are living under the terrible strain of a family member's addiction the strategies they can rely upon to help them cope. This clear and information-packed program sends the strong message that children don't cause, can't control, and can't cure a family member's addiction. The nature of addiction and drug abuse, as well as the resulting family problems, are also explored. Woven throughout is the advice from a narrator who shares facts about addiction, its typical effects on family members, the risks of drug addiction to teens with a family history of drug abuse, and practical approaches for coping with the stress while remaining supportive of family members. (2002, 23 min)
Selected Audience: Teens

LOADED WEAPON
Eighteen-year old high school senior Brian Wilder drinks too much after his friends bully him into joining several rounds of a drinking game. The same night, another high school senior, Alexandra Vincent, is studying at a friend's house. Alex calls to say that her car has broken down on the freeway. At that moment, Brian Wilder is weaving his way home along the same freeway and crashes into the car. The impact of the crash kills Alex. (1992, 22 Min.)
Selected Audience: Junior high/Adult