(Reuters Health) – Girls who hit puberty early are at sharply higher risk of abusing alcohol as teens if their parents don’t keep tabs on them, new research shows. Early-maturing girls whose parents gave...
SAMHSA encourages parents to talk with their college-bound young adults about alcohol use. If you are a parent, a high school or college administrator, or an organization serving parents and teens, please download these...
Parents should start talking to their children about alcohol at age 9, says a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics aimed at preventing binge drinking in young people. As many as 50...
You’ve probably heard parents who dismiss teenage experiments with alcohol as a harmless phase. A newly published survey of 43,000 American adults reveals just the opposite: Among those who started drinking before age 14,...
Re-thinking drinking can be a positive health benefit as we approach this summer celebration season. Guidelines like “not so fast” and “not so much” may be the best health tips to curb high risk...
FROSTBURG, Md. – When Jonathan Gibralter became its president, Frostburg State University was known as a school for those who’d rather party than study, a place of 24-hour beer pong tournaments and dime beer...
Summer is a time for teens to experience freedom from school and spend time with friends and family. However, extra free time and lenient rules can also increase underage drinking. A new survey by...
What will hold a college student’s attention longer: A tweet from a university about healthy alcohol consumption or an advertisement on a Facebook page from a beer company? Social media is the new frontier...
This online simulation tool is the newest component of SAMHSA’s “Talk. They Hear You.” Underage Drinking Prevention National Media Campaign aimed to reduce underage drinking among youth ages 9 to 15. This online role-play...
For underage drinkers, it’s not always about the cheapest alcohol they can get their hands on. Many of them are brand conscious, researchers say, and they’re not drinking the same stuff as their parents....
