Posts Tagged ‘Underage’
National Public Education Campaign Under Way to Reduce Underage Drinking Substance Abuse and Mental Health Health Services Administration
National Public Education Campaign Under Way to Reduce Underage Drinking Substance Abuse and Mental Health Health Services Administration
A new national effort to encourage parents to speak with their children about this critical problem is under way. Some people find it hard to believe that by the time they reach eighth grade, 41 percent of adolescents have had at least one drink, and almost 20 percent report having been drunk. It’s also a fact that adults who had first used alcohol before age 15 are five times more likely to report dependence on or abuse of alcohol than adults who first used it at age 21 or older. In addition to its negative impact on health, alcohol use among youth is strongly correlated with violence, risky sexual behavior, poor academic performance, driving incidents and other harmful behaviors.
Underage Drinking Has No Place in Our Lives
Grassfield High School, Chesapeake, Va. – 4th Place winner – High School Category in Virginia ABC’s 2010 PSA Challenge-Underage Drinking Has No Place…!
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National Campaign to Reduce Underage Drinking
National Campaign to Reduce Underage Drinking
Alcohol is the most widely used substance of abuse among America’s youth. A higher percentage of young people, ages 12 to 20, use alcohol (29 percent) than use tobacco (24 percent) or illicit drugs (14 percent), making underage drinking a leading public health problem in the United States. A new national effort to encourage parents to speak with their children about this critical problem is under way. Some people find it hard to believe that by the time they reach eighth grade, 41 percent of adolescents have had at least one drink, and almost 20 percent report having been drunk. It’s also a fact that adults who had first used alcohol before age 15 are five times more likely to report dependence on or abuse of alcohol than adults who first used it at age 21 or older. In addition to its negative impact on health, alcohol use among youth is strongly correlated with violence, risky sexual behavior, poor academic performance, driving incidents and other harmful behaviors.
Underage Drinking Has No Place in the Lives of Teens
Read Mountain Middle School, Cloverdale, Va. – 2nd place winner – Middle School Category in Virginia ABC’s 2010 PSA Challenge-Underage Drinking Has No Place…!
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Underage Drinking PSA
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Underage Drinking and Parental Guidance
Underage Drinking and Parental Guidance
Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) is a serious criminal offence that can land a person behind bars. The pity in the present society is that the number of teenage DWI offender is really increasing and parents must play a dominant part to curb it.
Parental Guidance curbs Alcohol Abuse
Recently, studies had been conducted on 15- 16 year old UK students to see the link between parental guidance and alcohol abuse. It has been clearly proven that parental guidance has decreased the use of alcohol directly.
The parents who show a more favorable and tolerant attitude towards alcohol seem to have the most affected and high substance user children.
The Media Effect Vs Parental Effect
The Media plays a vital role and depicts a more tolerant society towards alcohol abuse. Alcohol ads promotes interests and desire for beer toys/ brands. However, even this negative effect can be nullified and neutralized if parents provide proper guidance.