| Description |
104 : color illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Issues that concern you |
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Issues that concern you.
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| Summary |
Essays explore the use and abuse of alcohol by teenagers, discussing the prevalence of binge drinking, the legal issue of the drinking age, and the effectiveness of various preventative measures. |
| Contents |
Causes, risks, and prevention of underage drinking / National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism -- Exaggeration the problem of underage drinking is ineffective prevention / David J. Hanson -- Underage drinkers often binge on alcohol / Julie Mehta -- The driving age lays must be enforced to stop underage drinking / Rebecca Kanable -- It is up to parents to stop underage drinking / Joseph A. Califano Jr. -- It is not possible to stop underage drinking if the drinking age is twenty-one / William F. Buckley Jr. -- Lowering the drinking age is not the solution / Robert Voas -- American youth do not drink more than their European counterparts / Joel Grube -- Supervised underage drinking in the home should be allowed / Radley Balko -- Supervised underage drinking in the home should not be allowed / Michael Shapiro. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-98) and index. |
| Subject |
Teenagers -- Alcohol use -- United States.
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Teenagers -- Alcohol use -- United States -- Prevention.
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Alcoholism.
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Alcoholism -- Prevention.
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| Added Author |
Merino, Noël.
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| ISBN |
9780737730913 |
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0737730919 |
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