This program sends a strong anti-alcohol message to underage drinkers and sober adolescents alike through the firsthand experiences of teens, most of whom started drinking in junior high. Their collective story begins with the social, environmental, and genetic factors that led them to it; it continues through a destructive cycle of alcohol-motivated choices, such as fighting, stealing, and DUI; and ends in rehab, though their scars—for one, the knowledge that he almost killed his best friend in a drunken car wreck; for another, the awareness that she was sexually assaulted after passing out at a party—will be with them forever. Also, alcohol’s stunting effect on the learning center of the brain is described. A Discovery Channel Production. (26 minutes)
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