Posts Tagged ‘facts on underage drinking’

The Cause Of Underage Drinking And Successful Prevention

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Is the complexity of preventing underage drinking and other drug use overwhelming the capacities of Independent Schools? During 2004, 20% of 8th graders and 60.3% of 12th graders got drunk at least once according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA).

  Of the 10.7 million underage youth who drink, 7.2 million or 31% [...]

Causes Of Teenage Drinking And The Younger Generation

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

For whatever reasons, research indicates that among grownups, there are more younger than older people that engage in heavy periodic alcohol consuming.

It goes without saying that there are a few negative risks attached to this kind of alcohol use, such as traffic accidents, violence, unprotected sex and even sexual assults, just to mention [...]

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