Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility

by National Academy of Sciences, Board on Children Youth and Families, National Research Council, et al.

Book Overview

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 ? and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309089352
• ISBN13: 9780309089357
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 760 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 6.2"