"Alcohol: What You Don't Know"
Airing the week of June 7-14, 2008 (check local listings)

It's true: What you don't know CAN hurt you! In the Mix, the national PBS program for teens and by teens, takes a hard look at drinking with hard facts. We meet some teens who are recovering alcoholics and a boy who paid a high price for drinking and driving: he was left partially brain damaged from an accident. In a powerful segment, two 21 year olds test the real physical effects of alcohol on the body as they drink and drive under supervision of the police and a doctor. They dispel myths about alcohol and ways to sober up.

In other segments we take a look at a high school program in which upperclassmen hold workshops on drinking for younger students; and we see what really goes on at a police sobriety checkpoint.

Visit www.pbs.org/inthemix/alcohol_index.html for show details, transcripts, resources, and more.