Clip From “Youth Against Meth” Episode (The Montana Meth Project)
Clip from “Youth Against Meth” Episode (The Montana Meth Project) – This episode has won a 2012 PRISM Award for accurately depicting the effects and impact of teen drug abuse and addiction. The PRISM Awards honors movies, television, music, DVD, and comic book entertainment that accurately displays the use and addiction of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. In the Mix is the Emmy award winning PBS documentary series for teens. Meth use among teens is not just a serious issue in the mid-west and western states. With wider availability, it is now spreading across the country. This program visits Montana to see how “The Meth Project” was able to reduce meth usage by 63%. Based on the “Not Even Once” theme, the media ad blitz was created with input from teens, who go on to “own” the campaign. “Effective visuals, interviews, and dramatizations… Teen viewers will relate to the work of their peers in this program that creatively addresses a timely topic.” -BookList This program and others from the In the Mix series are available as DVDs, with performance rights and discussion guides, for educational use. Many are closed- captioned and have Spanish subtitles. For more information or to order a copy of this episode, please visit www.inthemix.org or call 800-343-5540
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