Discusses issues complicating the message of alcohol education, including the ambivalent nature of alcohol itself, personal uncertainty about the effects of alcohol, and moral issues. Suggests that the schools may be too involved in alcohol education and risk losing credibility with students. (JAC)

The connection between drinking behavior and adolescent attitudes toward drinking was examined concerning Dutch adolescents' attachment to their parents. For 89 female and 72 male seventh, ninth, and eleventh graders, drinking to facilitate social contact was the most frequently mentioned reason for drinking by those anxiously attached to parents.…