Australian Parents Believe Underage Drinking OK With Supervision
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December 14, 2009 |
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Parents can have a significant influence on their children, especially when alcohol is involved. More than half of adults in Australia and 63 percent of those with a higher income level, believe that 15- to 17-year-olds should be allowed to consume alcohol as long as they are under parental supervision at home.
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Teens Too Exposed to Alcohol Ads on Television
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October 15, 2009 |
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Watching television has long been an acceptable pastime for teenagers, as long as the content is age appropriate. Now, it seems the commercials played between programs may be causing some problems.
The L.A. Times recently posted an article suggesting teens are exposed to too many ads promoting alcohol on television. This concept was the conclusion of a new study from the Center on...
Study Measures Parents Awareness of Teen Substance Use
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October 7, 2009 |
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Parents can play a significant role in a youth’s likeliness of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use. The first step in being a positive influence is to be aware of what their youth is doing on a daily basis, who they are hanging out with and where they are spending most of their time.
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Women Driving Drunk
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September 28, 2009 |
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Drunk driving has been a problem plaguing law enforcement for decades, and men were usually the culprits. However, the gap between women and men is closing when it comes to driving drunk. A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shown that more and more women are being arrested for driving under the influence, while the number of male drunk...
Young Drinkers More Susceptible to Developing Alcohol Problems Later in Life
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September 21, 2009 |
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A new study warns that the age at which a person takes his or her first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems.
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Drunk Driving Cut in Half in Colorado Due to Crackdown
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September 14, 2009 |
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Colorado’s "100 Days of Heat” campaign, law enforcement’s statewide crackdown on drunk driving, has contributed to a significant decrease in alcohol-related deaths this summer, according to preliminary data.
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One in Ten Binge Drinkers Drive Drunk
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September 1, 2009 |
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A new study has found that one in ten binge drinkers got behind the wheel the last time they drank heavily. Half of those drivers left from a bar, restaurant, or nightclub after having five or more drinks.
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Report Examines Alcohol Consumption of Underage Drinkers
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August 25, 2009 |
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In the war on drugs and the subsequent war on underage drinking, educators, parents and policymakers are still trying to understand why alcohol continues to be a problem for minors. In order to reverse current trends, a deeper understanding of how young people drink, where they obtain their alcohol and where they drink the alcohol is important.
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Two Brothers Killed by Drunk Driver in New York
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August 24, 2009 |
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On August 23rd, the Occhiogrosso family lost two sons to drunk driving. Brothers Joseph Occhiogrosso, 28, and Thomas Occhiogrosso, 27, left their grandmothers’ home in East Meadow, NY early in the evening for a night on the town, leaving their car at home and going on foot. However, they never arrived home.
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RTI Gets Grant for Childhood Drinking Prevention Program
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August 18, 2009 |
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Researchers at RTI International have been given a $3 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to conduct a study that aims to help prevent children from drinking alcohol at an early age.
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