My+Eyes+Don't+Lie


 * The following video was created by a group of young people from Fredericton. The video is shot between Vancouver, British Columbia and Fredericton, New Brunswick to show the perils of drug use. **


 * Background: **
 * In 1999, the National Film Board released the film Through a Blue Lens, which is a documentary about drug use developed by a tea of Vancouver police officers by the name of the OddSquad. Drawing on the personal relationships that these officers developed with addicts in East Hastings, Vancouver, the film has been shown in high school classrooms all over the world. **


 * In the summer of 2009, Detective Chris Graham of OddSquad visited Fredericton and invited a keen group of students from Youth Matters to travel to Vancouver and experience East Hastings for themselves. Youth Matters is supported through the Centre for Research on Youth at Risk at St. Thomas University and forms the Eastern Hub of the Students Commission of Canada. **


 * Through the generous support of sponsors, seven students travelled to Vancouver for a three-day educational adventure. The students met addicts living on the streets, medical specialists and street outreach workers. They also had the opportunity to spend an afternoon visiting a drug rehabilitation centre and participate in a seminar on drugs provided by the Vancouver police. A highlight for the group was meeting an addict depicted in the film //Through a Blue Lens// who had maintained a drug free lifestyle for ten years. **


 * When the young people returned to Fredericton they set a goal to create a documentary that would give other youth a glimpse of their moving experience. The group wanted to draw attention to the fact that the problems of drug abuse and addiction are not limited to large cities, but happen even in cities like Fredericton. Through the support of Cst. Janet Smith and Deputy Chief Leanne Fitch, the young people spent time with two officers interviewing and filming people in Fredericton during the summer of 2010. **


 * The stories told by those met along the way have been the inspiration for the development of this film, but it was through the weaving of these experiences and the careful attention to detail taken by the team of Shane Magee as Video Editor and Kate Stymiest as Producer, that the compassion and concern for the struggles of the individuals in this film was possible. **


 * Parental Guidance is suggested for young people under the age of 13 with a discussion afterwards to help them understand what they watched. **

**My Eyes Don't Lie Video ** media type="youtube" key="JQhz9Ih5kfk?rel=0" height="315" width="420"

__**The story was told by: **__  **Kate Stymiest (Fredericton High School, Mount Allison University)** **Ryan Murphy (Fredericton High School, Mount Allison University)**


 * Dylan Hughes (Fredericton High School, St. Thomas University) **
 * Kyle MacNevin (Fredericton High School, St. Thomas University) **
 * Jordan MacNevin (Fredericton High School, Bishops University) **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Jillian Graham (Leo Hayes High School, Memorial University) **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Kennedy Murphy (Riverview High School, St. Francis Xavier University) **

__**<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Vancouver City Police: **__
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Det. Mark Steinkampf **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Det. Chris Graham **

__**<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Fredericton Police Force: **__
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Cst. Dennis Van Embers **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Cst. David Beck **