Getting Stupid: How Drugs Damage The Brain DVD

Grade: 5-9

This video includes interviews with scientists who use actual brain scans of drug users to explain how alcohol, marijuana, inhalants, and other drugs cause serious and potentially permanent damage to the human brain. The long and short-term effects of drug use—with a special focus on teen alcohol abuse— are explained in a way that middle school viewers can understand. Includes a teacher resource book and student handouts.

21 minutes