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Status:Available The Recovery Book

by Al Mooney, Arlene & Howard Eisenberg

Published: 1992

An indispensible road map to every step of the process of becoming clean & sober. Covers withdrawal & detox, raising drug-resistant kids, temptation & how to thwart it, staging an intervention, sexuality, preventing and surviving relapse, quitting smoking.. Details >>

Status:Available Helping a Loved One Live Smoke-Free: What Works, What Won't and Why

by Barbara White Melin

Published: 2002

Covers why quitting tobacco is harder than heroin, what to do before & after your loved one quits, how to enlist the help of friends, and what to do if your loved one is your child, your parent, is pregnant or chews tobacco. Compassionate & enlightening... Details >>

Status:Available Drugs, Alcohol & Pregnancy: What You Should Know

Published: 1992

This video reinforces that any drugs or alcohol a pregnant woman consumes go directly to the fetus, where consequences range from low birth weight to serious heart disease, physical deformities, and even mental retardation. .. Details >>

Status:Available Unborn Addicts

Published: 1998

Presents case studies of two pregnant women, lifelong addicts, who have entered methadone programs, and follows them throughout their pregnancies and deliveries. Health experts discuss the management of drug babies. Scenes depicting infant drug withdrawa.. Details >>

Status:Available Substance Abuse and Pregnancy: The Effects and Management, Part 1

 

Taped seminar: part 1 of 2... Details >>

Status:Available Substance Abuse and Pregnancy: The Effects and Management, Part 2

 

Part 2 of 2... Details >>

Status:Available Drug Babies

 

Examines the impact of drug affected infants on mothers, social services, foster care, education, and treatment. Discusses prevention and early intervention... Details >>

Status:Available Innocence Betrayed: The Long-Term Effects of Prenatal Substance Exposure

 

Explores the devastating impact on society of a growing population of children and adolescents permanently disabled by prenatal substance abuse. Shows how children and parents attempt to cope with baffling learning and behavioral disabilities... Details >>

Status:Available The Physician Does Make a Difference: Recognizing the Faces of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

Published: 1991

Physicians discuss ways to diagnosie D&A abuse in hospitalized & emergency room patients, & to take an active role in the education of their patients. Covers barriers to diagnosis, signs to look for, interviewing techniques, info on FAS, & importance of.. Details >>

Status:Available Cocaine and Human Physiology

Published: 1987

Takes a look at the effects of cocaine on major organs and body systems such as the brain, lungs, and respiratory system... Details >>

Status:Available Drugs, Alcohol and Pregnancy: What You Should Know

Published: 1992

This video reinforces that any drugs or alcohol a pregnant woman consumes go directly to the fetus, where consequences range from low birth weight to serious heart disease, physical deformities, and even mental retardation... Details >>

Status:Available And Down Will Come Baby

 

This video examines women who have used drugs during pregnancy. It explores the difficulties and frustrations that confront chemically dependent mothers... Details >>

Status:Available Alcohol and Pregnancy: The Screening Interview

 

Gives methods for determining signs and symptoms of problem drinking; trains viewers in appropriate questioning techniques... Details >>

Status:Available Blind Spot

Published: 1993

Joanne Woodward stars as a member of Congress who discovers that her 27-year old pregnant daughter is a cocaine addict. This film depicts a group home where women who have abused drugs or alcohol during pregnancy can stay with their babies, giving them mo.. Details >>

Status:Available Alcohol: A Women's Health Issue

Published: 2003

**Closed Captioned** Information about how alcohol affects women in particular, presented by experts and recovering alcoholics of all ages... Details >>

Status:Available Meth: What's Cooking in Your Neighborhood?

by SAMHSA

Published: 2002

Provides useful information on what methamphetamine is, what it does, and why it seems appealing and is dangerous. Covers how meth is made and how communities can prevent its use. Study guide included... Details >>

Status:Available The Truth About Drugs

Published: 2000

Leeza Gibbons hosts this powerful program which graphically demonstrates to teens the effects of various types of drugs on their self, friends, babies, and family. It illustrates the consequences of drug use, such as rape, homelessness, suicide, jail tim.. Details >>