No Safe Amount: Women, Alcohol & FAS
Catalogue Number: 600416
Producer: Human Relations Media
Producing Agencies: Human Relations Media
Subject: Early Childhood Education, Health and Medicine, Social Sciences, Women's Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2007
Running Time: 18:15
Closed Captions: Yes
Interweaving interviews with real teens who have experimented with alcohol, animated sequences demonstrating how a growing fetus is affected by alcohol use inside the womb, plus an up-close and personal look at a young woman growing up afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), this program clearly demonstrates the unique risks that alcohol poses to women. One girl tells about being raped after a night of drinking. Another, about almost dying after binge drinking and being in a coma for three days. Program follows the girls as they learn the impact of alcohol use on women's bodies, how women metabolize alcohol differently than men; why size and gender matter when it comes to drinking; the biology of alcohol addiction and the link to permanent brain damage; and the indelible horror of FAS.
Includes: Video, Teacher's Resource Book and Student Handouts.
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