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underage drinking
Link Discovered Between Difficult Childhood and Teen Drinking
Posted on July 5, 2010
African researchers have discovered that adolescents who experienced difficult childhoods are likely to start abusing alcohol as teenagers. The study, published in BioMed Central’s journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, analyzed data from 9,189 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 living in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda.
Teen Substance Abuse Up in North Carolina for the First Time in a Decade
Posted on March 1, 2010
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America/MetLife Foundation Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) shows the first reversal in the consistent decline of teen drug and alcohol abuse in North Carolina since 1998.
Underage Drinking in Hawaii Costs Nearly 200 Million
Posted on January 21, 2010
Underage drinking in Hawaii cost local residents and businesses $188 million for medical procedures, work loss, and pain and suffering in 2007, according to a federally funded study. The study also reports that 36,000 youths in Hawaii participate in illegal underage drinking every year, and state taxpayers pay $30 million for their substance abuse treatment or drug rehabilitation.
Underage Drinking a Growing and Expensive Problem
Posted on January 14, 2010
Underage drinking continues to be a problem, even with a federal effort to curb underage drinking. A range of programs have been implemented and supported by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD).
