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Elisabeth Thulin, Head of Division, Social department, city of Ystad

Caroline Ekstrand, Team leader for Small Cities Against Drugs, city of Ystad

Small Cities Against Drugs

- Film For Real

*Why a Project?

• An increasing number of young teenagers with drug abuse in the cities

Students in 2nd Grade, Gymnasium (age 17-18)

• 20% had used drugs,

43% have had the opportunity to use drugs

35% have been offered to try drugs

• Spice spread among young people

• A more liberal attitude towards drugs among young people

• Worldwide debate on the legalisation of Cannabis

2012

*Purpose

” that secondary school students, 13-16 years old, in the

three cities, will receive information about drugs,

information that they themselves sought out or received

by others in the same age,

and thereby reflect on their attitudes to drugs so that

they actively and by their free will, decides to abstain

from drugs”

Project

manager

and

3 Project

teamleaders

Ystad

City Group

Staffanstorp

City Group

Simrishamn

City Group

School-

representative

School-

representative

School-

representative

teacher teacher

teacher

teacher teacher

* Project organisation roles 2013

*Pre Study 2013

•Pre Study

•Projectplan - using the school

as the arena for the project

•Teaching guide for educators

•Website for youths involved in the project

•Surveys

1. Synopsis – Idea for script research and presentation about Cannabis in Classes

2. Auditions research and presentation about Spice and Designed drugs

3. Filmmusic research and presentation about other drugs

4. Filmteam research and presentation about Majority misunderstanding ”everyone smokes cannabis”

The making of the movies in 2015, movie premiere in autumn 2015

It´s not the movies that is the goal, it´s the journey to get there!

*Film for Real – the Method

*Film

”Everyone said,

it´s fucking safe”

(17 min)

*Film For Real

ECAD version

Elisabeth Thulin, Head of Division, Social department, city of Ystad

Elisabeth.thulin@ystad.se

Caroline Ekstrand, Team leader for Small Cities Against Drugs, city of Ystad

Caroline.ekstrand@ystad.se

Small Cities Against Drugs

- Film For Real