Should this film be shown to High School kids?

Exactly what I said after watching it last night... "They should show this to the schoolchildren!"

Absolutely should be shown to our kid who think theyare immortal: who think shooting up is just 'for fun' and "I can stop any time'. Yes, show them the depths they can fall to.

"He who swaps his liberty for the promise of 'security' deserves neither." Ben Franklin

I think it can be a good film in that sense for older kids.

Believe it or not, however, most studies indicate that programs like DARE produce little to no effect and may even increase the likelihood of drug/alcohol use. The theory is that children, via exposure from these programs, are desensitized to the dangers and lose the fear many of us grew up with. So the context of the exposure does not matter as much as much.

This becomes especially problematic considering the easy access children have to inappropriate content on the Internet, as well as a society that is increasingly accepting of marijuana (the old "gateway drug" argument is still valid discussion, despite its apparent dismissal by much of society). So if they're not exposed to such content at school, they may easily be elsewhere.

So what to do? I'm not sure, but there are other approaches. This easily induces another lengthy discussion, however.