Every twenty-four hours, 3,500 teens will try illegal drugs for the first time. Today, four million Americans currently use drugs, and it is painfully clear that \"Just Saying No\" is not enough. By asking teens what they think about drugs and then having experts teach them the facts, host Leeza Gibbons provides an in-depth look at the effects and dangers of drug use. Organizations in San Diego, Bakersfield, and Seattle demonstrate for several teens and their families the realities of living in a drug nightmare: They experience being incarcerated for selling drugs, and pay visits to a convalescent home to talk with a drug overdose victim, a hospital clinic for rape counseling, a neonatal unit to hold premature babies born addicted to drugs, a morgue to view the bodies of kids who had died because of \"huffing,\" and a treatment center where a young teenager struggles to overcome her addiction. The Teen Files: The Truth About Drugs is a powerful program that graphically demonstrates the direct physical effects and dangers of drug use, but also deals with the indirect dangers, such as possibly spending time in jail, the possibility of being assaulted or raped, becoming homeless, injury or accidental death or even suicide -- or simply the inability to focus and study. The program provides real-world support to Health and Life Skills units on alcohol and drug education, substance abuse, behavioral choices and decision making, personal health, and family life issues. An Arnold Shapiro Production. This DVD is in Spanish

Running Time: 30 minutes