Collection:LPB

Genre: Special

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1983-11-02

Duration: 00:58:21

Subjects: Substance abuse | Drug addiction | Teenagers | ALCOHOLISM

Contributors:

• Courtney, Beth Host
• Smith, Rick Producer
• Breazeale, Kathryn Producer
• Milton, Spiller Interviewee
• Shine, Joe Interviewee
• Carrier, Bill Interviewee
• Sherman, Rahn Interviewee
• Mena, Roland Interviewee
• Kopacz, Paul Interviewee
• Malone, Patti Interviewee
• McKinnie, John Interviewee
• Bunce, Pete Interviewee
• Noonan, Bill Interviewee
• Purvis, Bunny Interviewee
• Knapp, Leonard Interviewee
• Watkins, Beth Interviewee
• Jones, Colleen Interviewee
• Nadler, Bill Interviewee
• Berg, Donald Panelist
• Cataldi, Louis Panelist
• Cotton, Joseph Panelist

This program from November 2, 1983, features Beth Courtney hosting a live broadcast on teenage alcohol and drug abuse in Louisiana. This local program followed a national broadcast on the issue. Rick Smith first reports on: the findings of a statewide survey on teenage substance abuse; treatment options; and the drug education and prevention programs around the state, including Mothers Against Drugs in Shreveport, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Program in East Baton Rouge Parish; AWARE in Lake Charles; the St. Landry Abuse Prevention Program in Opelousas; and Concerned Citizens of Iberville in Plaquemine. He interviews: Reverend Spiller Milton, a Methodist minister in Oakdale; Joe Shine, a teacher in Shreveport; Bill Carrier, a school principal in Baton Rouge; Dr. Rahn Sherman, an assistant secretary with the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources; Roland Mena, an in-patient counselor; Paul Kopacz, counselor at Odyssey House; Patti Malone, counselor at Odyssey House; John McKinnie, parent; Pete Bunce, director of MAD; Bill Noonan, ADAPP director; Bunny Purvis, ADAPP advisor; Leonard Knapp, district attorney in Calcasieu Parish; Beth Watkins, AWARE advisor; Colleen Jones, school nurse; and Bill Nadler, businessman. Kathryn Breazeale then discusses other models for adolescent alcohol and drug abuse programs around the state. Lastly, Beth Courtney leads a panel discussion with: Donald Berg, adolescent drug and alcohol abuse counselor; Dr. Louis Cataldi, medical director of Silkworth in Baton Rouge; Sandra, parent of chemically dependent children; and Joseph Cotton, the statewide coordinator of the Louisiana Department of Education’s Substance Abuse Prevention and Education Program. They answer questions called in by viewers.