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Welsh, Christopher – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2007
Underage drinking continues to be a major problem in America. Approximately 20% of all alcohol consumed in the United States is consumed by minors with 44% of 8th graders and 77% of 12th graders reporting that they have tried alcohol at least once. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that, in 2003, as many as 3,657 drivers,…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Drinking, Motor Vehicles, Grade 8
Wolfsberg, Jeffrey S. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
During the year 2004, 20% of eighth-graders and 60.3% of twelfth-graders reported that they had gotten drunk at least once over the course of just one year, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA). Of the 10.7 million underage youth who drink, 7.2 million or 31% of all high school students binge drink with a frequency of at least…
Descriptors: Prevention, Motor Vehicles, Sexual Abuse, Social Development