Risky Business: Fake ID’s, Underage Drinking, And A Community’s Response
There’s always a bit of paranoia for Alex while he waits to get into the bar. As his friends file in, his hands sweat and his heart pounds just a little bit faster as...
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Think underage drinking doesn’t affect a teen’s brain? Think again.
T’S A FACT. New research shows alcohol affects a teenager’s developing brain differently than an adult’s. Memory, learning and impulse control can be impaired seriously. The risk of addiction goes up dramatically. So talk...
Underage youth widely exposed to online alcohol marketing
The study team led by Dr. Auden McClure of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, used data from a 2011 survey of about 2,000 youth, ages 15 to 20 years. The participants...
Underage kids get alcohol ads directly to smartphones
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Kids as young as 13 may be inundated with daily ads from the alcohol industry on social media, and while Twitter has an age-gate which blocks direct-to-phone updates...
Parents who host teen drinking parties: Not cool, not smart, but they do it anyway
“Dude. Your dad is so cool,” one teen might say to the other, sloshing beer out of his red Solo cup as a serious game of pong soaks the cherrywood table and Dad taps...
#WeTalked Underage Drinking
As part of its “Talk. They Hear You.” campaign, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is encouraging parents, caregivers, and other adult role models to have ongoing conversations with kids about...
Risks spelled out for hosting teen drinking parties
The “cool” parents who agree to host a teen drinking party expose themselves to great risks, including the potential of criminal charges, vandalism, teen sex assaults and civil liability. That message was conveyed by...
Youth group sends message about underage drinking
Nationwide, about half of all under-age drinkers get their alcohol from friends and family, and now, a group of young people in the South Bay hopes to turn things around. The group rallied at...
Risky Business: Fake ID’s, Underage Drinking, and a Community’s Response
There’s always a bit of paranoia for Alex while he waits to get into the bar. As his friends file in, his hands sweat and his heart pounds just a little bit faster as...
Legal drinking age of 18 tied to high school dropout rate
Although there have been calls to lower the legal drinking age from 21, a new study raises the possibility that it could have the unintended effect of boosting the high school dropout rate. The...
