Reducing Underage Drinking
Reducing Underage Drinking

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2004-03-26

Total Pages: 761

ISBN-13: 0309089352

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Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks â€" and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.

Alcohol in America
Alcohol in America

Author: United States Department of Transportation

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1985-02-01

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 0309034493

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Alcohol is a killerâ€"1 of every 13 deaths in the United States is alcohol-related. In addition, 5 percent of the population consumes 50 percent of the alcohol. The authors take a close look at the problem in a "classy little study," as The Washington Post called this book. The Library Journal states, "...[T]his is one book that addresses solutions....And it's enjoyably readable....This is an excellent review for anyone in the alcoholism prevention business, and good background reading for the interested layperson." The Washington Post agrees: the book "...likely will wind up on the bookshelves of counselors, politicians, judges, medical professionals, and law enforcement officials throughout the country."

Drinking and Driving Research Findings
Drinking and Driving Research Findings

Author:

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1993-05

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 1568063466

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Discusses the Surgeon General's Workshop on Drunk Driving; research on and prevention of drinking and driving as well as alcohol-drug interactions; use of deterrent laws, treatment versus deterrence, and impersonal prevention. Charts, graphs, black and white photos.

Disease Control Priorities Related to Mental, Neurological, Developmental and Substance Abuse Disorders
Disease Control Priorities Related to Mental, Neurological, Developmental and Substance Abuse Disorders

Author: Disease Control Priorities Project

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 924156332X

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This publication brings together five chapters from 'Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries' (2nd ed., 2006) (ISBN 9780821361795) along with an introduction and a conclusion by WHO. The chapters cover mental disorders, neurological disorders, learning and developmental disabilities, and alcohol and illicit opiate abuse. It considers the cost-effectiveness of interventions for these specific groups of disorders, with the aim of contributing to the reformulation of policies and programmes and the reallocation of resources, eventually leading to reduction of morbidity and mortality.