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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.