Up close and personal interviews with Navajo methamphetamine addicts and recovering addicts allow the viewer to see and hear the painful stories these people have to tell about their addiction to the drug.
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A half-hour drama depicting a young native man caught between the fast-paced world of the city streets, and his culture and family. Returning home to a rural Indian reserve after some time in prison and on the streets, Mike is persuaded by his wife to...
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.looks at the suicide issue amongst First Nations from a historical and cultural perspective and presents positive examples of native-run programs. We see aboriginal groups who incorporate traditional teachings and cultural values, raise suicide awareness
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A Mother's Choice examines the root causes of F.A.S. from the perspective of aboriginal mothers. The video focuses on a FAS support group whose members provide strong messages about consuming drugs or alcohol while pregnant.
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Four teenagers explore the consequences of mixing alcohol and boating. The film is based on a real incident and subsequent rescue effort. The video includes interviews with family members of a person lost in the accident.
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A 28 minute documentary about the far-reaching and emotionally devastating effects of residential and boarding schools on native Indians in Canada. Few people today know about the widespread sexual and physical abuse which native people in both the U.S...
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A touching visual presentation based around Inuit cultural and traditional beliefs. Todays social patterns and problems are presented in the context which is heedful of the difficult history of Nunavik.
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Childhood Lost examines the experiences of four individuals who were sent to residential schools when they were very young. While their stories represent different generations panning over fifty years, they share a common sense of loneliness, despair...
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Abuse, neglect, poverty, crime, racism all issues many Canadian First Nations and M tis youth face each day. Circle of Voices is a pilot theater project that attempts to look at one of the causes of these issues - the residential school experience.
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Drug abuse, violence and prison. These themes are articulated in a series of stories from the life of Marcel Commandas, stories which are centered on loss and a desire to assert his native identity.
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Gritty and tragic life stories of cocaine and crack addicts - youth as well as long-time users - are interwoven with information from experts on the physiological and psychological effects of this deadly stimulant...
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The number one drug problem in rural America, methamphetamine, or crank, is cheap, easy to make, and has the lowest recovery rate for addicts.
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Seeks a common language of experience that might help bring together native survivors and non-survivors, professionals and other caregivers, who share the same vision- the eradication of sexual abuse, in all its forms, from our society.
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Provides a general introduction to issues relating to family and domestic violence services in Indian communities throughout California. Discusses historical relationships between tribes and law enforcement, personal experiences, and potential solutions.
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This is the story of Anna, a teenager suffering in silence, living in a home wrecked by domestic violence. Anna's mother, Mary, is being abused by Bobby, a controlling and volatile new husband.
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MDMA, or Ecstasy, has become increasingly popular among young people, who are attracted to its low cost, easy availability, and its reputation as a fun-enhancing, mind-expanding, harmless way of having a good time.
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Focusing on Native American populations, this program profiles an eight-year-old Apache boy who was born with FAS, showing how alcohol ingested by the mother crosses the placenta and enters the bloodstream of the fetus and describing common birth defects.
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Compared to the national average, some American Indians have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome at rates 2 to 33 times higher. The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, NOFAS, is working to end the 100% preventable tragedy of alcohol-related birth defects.
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...as the heroin supply in the United States increases and its prices drop, it's time to educate a new generation of potential users as to heroin's unparalleled addictive power.
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...presents a summary of this class of drugs and then details its constituent parts; solvents and aerosols, nitrites, and nitrous oxide.
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Cheap, accessible, powerful, and tragically misunderstood is a description that neatly sums up the class of drugs known as inhalants. This program offers the straight dope on how the vapors of easily obtained substances...
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Your students will see the very real dangers of inhalants as they comprehend that something so common can be so deadly. Without being a how-to video, this program shows that inhalants are not even considered to be drugs. They are poisons.
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...about small boat safety in rural Alaska touches on issues such as alcohol use, weather, and personal flotation devices. The fictional story about a family traveling upriver to a fish camp illustrates how a tragedy could have been prevented.
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...about a young native Indian girl from a small community on Vancouver Island and the events which led up to her becoming infected with the HIV AIDS virus.
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Knowledge is the Best Medicine will assist people to get the most out of the medications they are prescribed and provide them with the facts they need to use medications safely and effectively.
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We follow a young native ex-prostitute as she tells and illustrates her story. Helps deliver a strong message to girls and boys about the dangers of sexual exploitation and child prostitution.
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Methamphetamines are potent stimulant drugs that ruin lives. Crystal methamphetamine, also known as ICE, is the newest and most powerful form of speed on America's streets.
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Kids who have been to the depths of meth addiction, tell about the transition from casual use to addiction and onward, either to death to recovery.
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...deals directly and honestly with the problems and the possible solutions for substance abuse issues amongst Native Youth...
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The misuse of prescription drugs is a problem that occurs in every part of society. No one is immune to it. In the community of Wagmatcook, Nova Scotia prescription drugs were finding their way to youth on the street.
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