2008 Woodie Awards
Crack Heads Gone Wild program brings issues about drugs to the forefront
National Pan-Hellenic Council sponsors educational event
Kimberly Bellamy, News Editor
Issue date: 4/3/08 Section: News
Students got the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of individuals suffering from drug addictions through a documentary called "Crack Heads Gone Wild."
Crack Heads Gone Wild was also the title of the program in which the documentary was shown.
The program allowed the audience to view the movie and then engage in a panel discussion with representatives from the ECU Police Department and Student Health Services.
The event began at 6 p.m. with a welcome from Sheree Hawthorne, president of National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC).
The event was sponsored by NPHC, which includes eight of the nine historically African American Greek organizations. ECU doesn't have a chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
Shawntee McMillan of Student Health Services followed Hawthorne by giving statistics about the introduction and evolution of cocaine and averages of cocaine usage among college students.
About 8 percent of college students have tried cocaine, according to statistics from 2005-2006 from the Office of National Drug Control Policy Web site.
A large amount of Americans have experimented with cocaine. According to the Web site, 35.3 million Americans age 12 and older have used cocaine at least once in their lives.
McMillan also shared a personal story about her fathers struggle with drugs and the effect it had on his life.
The documentary connected viewers with the reality of drug usage by showing people smoking cocaine, and talking about how the addiction has affected their lives.
The people featured in the movie told stories about how they lost material possessions as well as friends and family during their battle with the addiction to cocaine.
Unfortunately, some of the users also admitted that they live from day to day thinking of ways to get money for more drugs and don't plan to quit smoking. Some even seemed proud that they smoked cocaine.
The documentary also showed the inside of a "crack" house to illustrate where some of the users lived.
Crack Heads Gone Wild was also the title of the program in which the documentary was shown.
The program allowed the audience to view the movie and then engage in a panel discussion with representatives from the ECU Police Department and Student Health Services.
The event began at 6 p.m. with a welcome from Sheree Hawthorne, president of National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC).
The event was sponsored by NPHC, which includes eight of the nine historically African American Greek organizations. ECU doesn't have a chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
Shawntee McMillan of Student Health Services followed Hawthorne by giving statistics about the introduction and evolution of cocaine and averages of cocaine usage among college students.
About 8 percent of college students have tried cocaine, according to statistics from 2005-2006 from the Office of National Drug Control Policy Web site.
A large amount of Americans have experimented with cocaine. According to the Web site, 35.3 million Americans age 12 and older have used cocaine at least once in their lives.
McMillan also shared a personal story about her fathers struggle with drugs and the effect it had on his life.
The documentary connected viewers with the reality of drug usage by showing people smoking cocaine, and talking about how the addiction has affected their lives.
The people featured in the movie told stories about how they lost material possessions as well as friends and family during their battle with the addiction to cocaine.
Unfortunately, some of the users also admitted that they live from day to day thinking of ways to get money for more drugs and don't plan to quit smoking. Some even seemed proud that they smoked cocaine.
The documentary also showed the inside of a "crack" house to illustrate where some of the users lived.
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