Specials - Smarts, Drugs and Alcohol

DateMay 21 1985

Can DescriptionsMaster

AbstractSpecials: Use Your Smarts, About Drugs and Alcohol; [same as 2716.1498] Use Your Smarts: About Drugs and Alcohol; High-intensity dance segment with images of pills and liquor bottles and a sound track borrowed from Huey Lewis and the News; Dick Albert hosts a program about responsible decision-making, with Eric Wolfe and five teenagers who portray some stories; teenagers meet a dealer to do a deal; there are some doubts about what is a good idea and what is just "going along"; black screen breaks; there is a party at the home of one of the teenagers while her parents are away; there are drugs and alcohol available; teens talk about the pressures to socialize in this way; parents often have a double standard: "call me if there is trouble, but I will kill you if there is trouble," the teens say; one of the party-goers appears to be ill so some of the teens decide to take her to the hospital; one of the teenagers decides to drive home, though he is told by another that he is too drunk to drive; he later crashes his car into a telephone pole; safety precautions are discussed by the teenagers, Eric Wolfe and Dick Albert;

OtherIn the studio Julie Sattler Rosene, Bob Tingle, Nancy J. Swartz, Ken Hartnett, Lois Hoffman, Howard Rouse, Libe Stril-Rever, Robert Magro, Scott Philbrick, Dick Erickson, Keith Jardine, Roger Rice, Jane Cartier, Rusty Madden, Susan Krieger, Geoffrey Sullivan, David Texeira [Teixeira], Doug DeVitt, George Ellard, Alan Pratt, Jeffery Boortz, Gerry Powers, Patricia Lavigne, Megan Gallagher, Adam Burk, Owen Hartnett, Laurel Berger, Jam Hakim, Ryder Truck Rental, Boston Latin High School, Needham Parks & Recreation Commission, Art's Garage, Waltham, Hanscom Field, Beacon Restaurant, Newton, Newton Pizza, Fred Pineau, Joy McGugan, Judith Stoia, Paul LaCamera;