Main description:

Hazelden Publishing's new What You Need to Know video series provides detailed information about the most widespread addictive substances: opioids, methamphetamine, alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and more.

Cocaine: What You Need to Know provides a comprehensive set of tools that is ideal for educating patients and their families, school faculty and staff, behavioral and mental health professionals, and more.

Cocaine features interviews with experts; information about where individuals can turn for assistance with prevention, treatment, and recovery; and insight on assessing use and adapting healthy strategies for hope and healing.

This engaging video consists of the following digestible segments:

1. Cocaine Defined
2. A Brief History of Cocaine
3. Cocaine Use Disorder
4. Cocaine, HIV, and Hepatitis
5. Cocaine and Pregnancy
6. Stigma
7. Prevention
8. Getting Help

The accompanying flash drive contains a facilitator guide-which includes background information, preparation instructions, and discussion questions-and fact sheets for distribution. These materials help create a dynamic learning experience for one-on-one or group sessions.

Each What You Need to Know volume can be used alone or combined with subsequent volumes. It can also be used to complement a variety of treatment curricula.The series is ideal for use in a variety of environments, including health care, addiction treatment, mental health treatment, correctional facilities, community groups, and educational settings.