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"Safe Night" PSA's
Video 670
All     2 minutes    c. N/A
Four "Safe Night USA" Teasers: 2 youth versions and 2 parent versions.

Safe Spaces: D/A Prevention Ed for Special Needs/Drug Exposed K-2
Video 96
Adults     27 minutes     1992     Supplemental material available
Staff development video for educators and trainers working with young special needs and drug exposed children.

Saying Goodnight to the Sun
Video 301
Adults    30 minutes    1988
Talks about the Rural Providers Conference. Promotes a Native American world free of alcohol and drug abuse. Stresses that positive and enduring change can only be done by the people in the village and community.

Say It Straight, Marijuana: Myth vs. Reality
Video 291
Teens/Adults     12 minutes     1998     
Different people saying what they think about medical marijuana use. Northwest professionals discuss the facts of medical marijuana and how there are other drugs with THC in them that are legal-without the smoke.

Say It Straight, Marijuana: Myth vs. Reality (Spanish)
Video 402
Teens/Adults     12 minutes     1998     Spanish
Digalo en Forma Directa, Marihuana: Mito o Realidad
Different people saying what they think about medical marijuana use. Northwest professionals discuss the facts of medical marijuana and how there are other drugs with THC in them that are legal-without the smoke.

Say No to Drugs: It's Your Decision
Video 58
Teens/Adults     18 minutes     1985     
Narrated by professional baseball player Dave Winfield, this video contains interviews with experts in the field of drug abuse and emphasizes the "Just Say No" approach to the use of illegal drugs.

Scared Straight! 20 years Later
Video 536
Teens/Adults    120 minutes    1999
This 1999 production will look back at the original Oscar and Emmy Award-winning documentary, and revisit those same kids and convicts today. It will examine the impact that original meeting had on their lives the past 20 years and reveal if the convicts are still in prison and if the kids, now in their mid-30's, stayed out of prison.

Science of Addiction and the Brain
Video 604
Adults     117minutes     1998
Top experts speak on the topic of drugs and their effects on the brain and personality.

Science of Addiction and Treatment, The
Video 673
Adults     57minutes     2001
Focuses on the latest treatment research and new initiatives to use the lessons learned for the addiction science.

Secondhand Smoke
Video 139
Teens/Adults     15 minutes     1985     
Addresses the serious health hazards of sidestream tobacco smoke.

Shades of Grey
Video 243
Adults     18 minutes     1996     
This video explains the myths and misuse of prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs and alcohol by older adults.

Silent Victims of Alcohol and Other Drugs
Video 224
Teens     30 minutes     1994     Supplemental material available
Educates teens about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects and the effects of street drugs like heroin and cocaine on the fetus.

Skid Row
Video 499
Adults    60 minutes    1988
KTCS documentary by Chris Labeau depicting the chronic alcoholics who live on "Skid Road" in downtown Seattle.

Smart Start
Video 219
Teens/Adults     6 minutes     1992     
Urges pregnant women to abstain from drinking alcohol, and dispels some commonly believed myths with regard to drinking during pregnancy.

Smokeless Tobacco: It Can Snuff You Out
Video 160
Teens/Adults     13 minutes     1986     
Viewers learn that sports figures are well paid by tobacco companies to promote tobacco products, and using smokeless tobacco is not safer than cigarette smoking.

Smoke Screen
Video 287
Teens/Adults    20 minutes    1993
This video is about the lies that the tobacco industry tells.

Smoking and Human Physiology
Video 206
Teens/Adults     19 minutes     1995     
A tiny camera follows cigarette smoke into a human lung to show the physical damage that occurs as a result of smoking. Also covers the dangers of second hand smoke.

Smoking, Drinking, and Drugs
Video 59
Teens/Adults     11 minutes     1987     
Addresses the direct relationship between substance abuse and birth defects, providing examples as well as medical information.

Soft is the Heart of a Child
Video 149
Grades K-8     30 minutes     1978     Supplemental material available
Explores a classic alcoholic family situation - a father who drinks too much, a mother plagued by frustration, guilt, and denial, and three children whose suffering takes different forms.

Sons & Daughters: Drugs & Booze
Video 135
Adults     28 minutes     1983     
Recreates scenes from everyday life that depict typical parent/child relationships. Designed to help parents identify possible drug and alcohol problems and confront the issue.

Sons & Daughters: Parents & Problems
Video 78
Adults     60 minutes     1990     
Defines appropriate parental responses to common adolescent behaviors.

Sophisticated Lady Anti-Smoking PSA
Video 677
Teens/Adults     45 minutes     1990
Public Service Announcement.

Speaking for Ourselves: Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Youth
Video 539
Teens/Adults     27 minutes     1994     
This documentary profiles the lives of five Gay and Lesbian young people who represent a wide cross-section of cultures and backgrounds. They tell us the stories of their lives - their challenges and joys. Each story associates a name and face with a spectrum of issues, including substance abuse, suicide, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, survival prostitution, malicious harassment, family acceptance, and youth activism.

Speaking Out About Healthcare and Recovery - Recovery Month 2002
Video 716
Adults     57 minutes     2002
This webcast will examine efforts to improve training for healthcare professionals in the identification substance addiction. It will also highlight exemplary efforts, model programs, and effective strategies that better prepare healthcare professionals to address the needs of addicted and recovering individuals.

Speak Up/Dare To Be Different/Hard Facts
Video 449
Teens     50 minutes     1988     
Dramatizes the devastating effects that alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and crack have on a high school class during the four years leading up to graduation. Three 15-22 minute segments.

Spit Tobacco Kills
Video 315
Grades 7-12    28 minutes    1996
This video goes from one venue to another, rodeo, baseball, ordinary people, etc. Each area has one or more people giving their experiences or opinions on spit tobacco. Richard Bender's experience is all too obvious as he relates his story.

Stitch in Time, A
Video 71
Adults     15 minutes     1992     
An informative discussion exploring California's state prevention curriculum.

Stone's Throw, A
Video 248
Adults    5 minutes    1994
Focuses on the nonverbal signals parents send their children regarding drinking and briefly touches on alcohol poisoning.

Stop the Sale, Prevent the Addiction
Video 237
Teens/Adults     26 minutes     1995     Supplemental material available
This video is intended to inspire viewers to take action in their communities. Illustrates some of the influences, such as parents, peers, tobacco company advertising, etc., that lead young people to use tobacco. Also highlights successful programs across the country that are addressing these influences.

Story About Feelings, A
Video 66
4-8 year olds     10 minutes     1984     Supplemental material available
Teaches young children valuable lessons about how feelings can affect their lives. The story dramatizes, through colorful cartoon form, how using alcohol and other drugs to change our feelings can lead to chemical dependence.

Story of Hope: Children of Alcoholics Foundation
Video 158
Adults     21 minutes     1993     
Children of Alcoholics speak about their parents' alcohol addiction and the counseling they received to overcome the associated difficulties.

Straight At Ya
Video 60
Grades 5-7    44 minutes    1988    Supplemental material available
Teen favorite, Kirk Cameron, substituting for a class monitor, is assigned to show a drug prevention film to a class. Discarding the out-of-date film, Cameron engages the students in discussions that cover such topics as peer pressure, mustering the resolve to say no, and choosing a positive and healthy lifestyle.

Straight From The Heart
Video 298
Adults    25 minutes    1991
A motivational program for and about women with histories of substance abuse. Stories of mothers, by mothers, recovering from addiction.

Straight TALK
Video 153
Teens/Adults     90 minutes     1992     Supplemental material available
Features the frank testimonials of 20 teens with significant chemical abuse issues. The videos follow a chronology typical of teen substance abuse and recovery. Three 30-minute segments: "Starting Early," "Hitting Rock Bottom," and "Getting Straight."

Straight Talk
Video 170
Grades 6-12     30 minutes     1993     
A documentary that profiles four teenagers from inner-city neighborhoods, three who have chosen not to use alcohol and other drugs, and one who is a recovering alcoholic/drug user. Their real life experiences demonstrate the value of setting goals, developing talents, and staying in school.

Straight Up
Video 265
Grades 4-6/Teens    Three 30-min programs    1988    
Starring Lou Gossett Jr. and Chad Allen, this video is a three part series about a boy named Ben who faces peer pressure to use alcohol and other drugs.
Program 1: Knowledge and Facts
Program 2: Attitudes and Perceptions
Program 3: Self Image and Life

Street Gangs In Our Communities
Video 567
Adults     120 minutes     1999     Supplemental material available
This telecourse addresses the increasing threat posed by gangs and gang-related violence with proactive strategies tailored for your community. Specific strategies for early gang detection and timely initiation of countermeasures in schools, neighborhoods, and other community areas will be discussed. Strategies and legal issues involved in the development of successful city and/or county legislation and any other anti-gang laws will be described.

Structured Intervention-"How to Deal With the Addict in Your Life"
Video 640
Adults     50 minutes     1991
Presents 3 different intervention scenarios: a teenager, an older woman with children, and a young business executive.

Student Assistance & the Recovery Process: A Call to Action
Video 703
All     57 minutes     2000
This video explores the critical roles Student Assistance Programs play in making recovery possible for students caught in the grips of alcohol and substance abuse and highlight support for students living in families or communities where addiction is a daily reality.

Substance Abuse in Today's Workplace, Part 1
Video 518
Adults     15 minutes     1996     
Part One focuses on the warning signs of substance abuse, how and when to broach the subject, drug and alcohol testing and zero tolerance policies.

Substance Abuse in Today's Workplace, Part 2
Video 519
Adults     11 minutes     1996     
Part two focuses on when and how to terminate employees with substance abuse problems. Recovery rates of those who seek help are also discussed..

Supervising the Drug-Free Workplace
Video 124
Adults     18 minutes     1990     
Designed to help supervisors identify drug problems in their employees and help comply with the Federal Drug Free Workplace Act.

Surgeon General's Report on College Drinking
Video 28
Teens/Adults     8 minutes     1992     NOTE: Spanish segment is included
U.S. Surgeon General Antonia C. Novello kicks off a nationwide campaign called "Put on the Brakes." The aim of this campaign is to bring campus drinking to the forefront.