Eastwood Drugs CD ROM

Eastwood Drugs CD ROM
Stepping Stones residents, Leicester Housing Association
Available from 0116 2576703

STAR RATING: 3/5

I thought this CD Rom was ok but I’m not sure it gets the
anti-drugs message across strongly enough, writes
Siobhan Slowey
.

What’s missing for me is the punch line that tells you just what
can happen if you take drugs.

The CD Rom is divided into three main areas: cannabis, ecstasy
and heroin. There are short clips about each type of drug and then
buttons you can click for facts.

But the first clip is a cartoon about a young person trying
cannabis for the first time and I just don’t think that it got the
point across that drugs were dangerous. Equally, the one about
ecstasy just didn’t really say enough.

I liked part of the CD Rom on heroin. It was a poem read by a
young woman about how horrible her life was because of heroin and
it seemed a bit more realistic to me.

Most of the facts on each of the drugs were useful.

I think it’s good that young people care about this and have
taken the time to make this. But if it had been up to me, I’d have
made a film that used shock tactics.

Produced by Siobhan Slowey, 16, at
www.childrens-express.org
. Children’s Express is a programme of learning through
journalism for young people aged eight to 18.

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