WARNING SHOT: Alex pans in on Robert, centre, and Luke and the DVD they made to help tackle drugs
ENTERPRISING pupils have produced their own anti-drugs DVD, which is to be sold to schools throughout Lancashire.
The year 10 pupils from at Our Lady and St John High School, Blackburn, were inspired to make the video for their Young Enterprise project after they were visited by workers from the T.H.O.M.A.S (Those On the Margins of Society) drugs project in Blackburn.
The production team, consisting of Alex Airey, 14, from Lower Darwen, Luke Devine, 15, from Sunnybower and Robert Abraham, 15, from Wensley Fold, started work in October, and have just finished the video, called The Drugs Don't Work.
It contains interviews with ex-drug users, a doctor about risks associated with drug abuse, a police officer, a dental nurse about the damage drug abuse does to teeth, and a NHS advisor on the rise in the use of steroid by teenage boys.
The video is now being sold to other high schools in the borough and there has been interest from schools as far away as Preston.
Luke, who was assigned the role of managing director, said that the project was about delivering the message of safe behaviour to teenagers from teenagers.
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He said: "We wanted to make something fun and relevant for people our own age. We've learned more making this than we ever have in a science lesson. There you get told everything, but with this we have had to go and find out for ourselves and get opinions."
Robert said: "It's been hard work and taken a lot of time, but it's been worth it now it's finished."
On May 14 the school will be presenting its project at a Young Enterprise competition for all schools in the area at Ewood Park.
If the pupils win, they will go on to a regional final, with a view of making the national final later in the year.
Teacher Andrew Larkin who has been overseeing the project said: "You hear about drug problems in the media and this message is very relevant to young people.
" The DVD gives a well-balanced picture and is quite an innovative product.
"I think it's amazing - there has been a lot of hard work and dedication put into it."
A key aspect of Young Enterprise is to make a profit from the product.
The DVD will be priced at £15, which allows for a contribution to the school's chosen charity, the T.H.O.M.A.S project, which supports rehabilitated ex-drug addicts in Blackburn.
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