FRONTLINE WITH JUDY WOODRUFF: STOPPING DRUGS {PART 2 OF 2} (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:44791. One in this documentary series hosted by Judy Woodruff. This edition, part two of two, examines the various methods employed by parents and community organizations to keep children off drugs and alcohol. This program includes interviews with and comments by parents, children, and drug and alcohol counselors and experts. Topics discussed include the following: the biggest challenge in educating children about the dangers of drugs; government efforts to stop the heavy influx of drugs into the country; the amount of additional money spent on law enforcement agents who specialize in fighting drugs; the tactics used by police officers and parents in a Rhode Island town to determine which children are using drugs or alcohol; the precautionary methods taken by many parents in the town to deter children from using drugs; the children's feelings about their parents being over-protective; what some parents do when they plan to be away from home for extended periods of time; the belief among some parents that returing to strong family values can change children's attitudes towards partying; tensions between the students who use drugs and alcohol and those who don't; whether experimenting with drugs is part of growing up; the attempt by schools to teach children how to avoid peer pressure and to reject drugs and alcohol; the efficacy of expensive and time-consuming methods of drug education; executives in the clothing business who have been doing public service announcements about drug prevention because the clothes appeal to children; why it can be harmful to use a celebrity with a prior history of drug addiction for the announcements; the use of older children to teach younger ones about drugs and alcohol; counselors who use exercises to make the mind stronger; parents who have gone back to school to learn how to educate their own children; and how the methods used in prevention are based solely on personal beliefs.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1997.
Preservation of the Post–World War II American Television Documentary Collection is supported in part by a Federal Save America’s Treasures grant administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WGBH Boston, MA
- DATE: February 17, 1987 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:20
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:44792
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drug abuse -Treatment; Drug abuse counseling; She Made It Collection (Judy Woodruff)
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1983-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- David Fanning … Executive Producer
- Michael Kirk … Senior Producer
- Graham Chedd … Senior Producer, Writer
- Janet McFadden … Producer, Director
- Andrew Liebman … Producer, Director, Writer
- Kate Tapley … Associate Producer
- Marsha Bemko … Associate Producer
- Mason Daring … Theme Music by
- Martin Brody … Theme Music by
- Judy Woodruff … Host
- Lary Lewman … Narrator