2/6/2007 - SolidLine 'Takes the Time' for Teenage Substance Abuse Awareness

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Four organizations have partnered together to create an up-to-date DVD that combats the abuse of alcohol, marijuana and other drugs among high school students. This video, however, isn't for the kids...it's for their parents.

SolidLine Media, working together with Illinois school District 113 and 117 student assistant program directors Cathy Cratty and Nathan Bylsma, as well as experts from Rosecrance Treatment Centers, produced the 14-minute educational DVD entitled Take the Time. The production demonstrates that parents do have the ability to influence their teens' choices regarding alcohol and drug abuse.

"Hopefully the DVD will help correct some false ideas," states Cratty. "Students are bored with the stay-away-from-drugs message because they have heard it too many times, however, research shows that parents are the number one influence on a teen's decision regarding risk-taking behaviors such as the abuse of alcohol and other drugs. So we decided to educate parents with a DVD that updates their knowledge and understanding of illegal substance abuse."

The DVD, which was released in late 2006, has already been distributed to all parents of incoming freshmen within Districts 113 and 117. The team is currently developing an informational web site scheduled to be launched in March (www.takethetimedvd.org) and plans to continue the DVD distribution this year throughout the Midwest and beyond.


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