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“Keeping up with the boys” – binge drinking among girls an ever-growing concern

One in five high school girls binge drink, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report finds almost 14 million women in the United States binge drink about three times a month. The Partnership at Drugfree.org cites the CDC findings and a CNN report, which state that the binge drinking [...]

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Is it just a rite of passage?

From our colleagues and collaborators at Project SAFER. Drinking at college has become ritualized in American culture, and “more than 80 percent of college students drink alcohol” as part of their higher-education experience (NIAAA). Not only can students suffer injury due to assault, sexual abuse and drunk driving crashes as a result of their drinking, [...]

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Reflections in the aftermath

This true story was written by a high school student. She lives in Ventura County. When I was 12 years old, in 7th grade, I met this girl named Leta. We were best friends after like a week of knowing each other. She taught me to sneak out, to have sex, and to drink. I [...]

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Deciphering mixed messages on drinking and health — NPR discusses binge drinking

NPR’s Talk of the Nation discusses binge drinking and its dangers for youth and adults, how it impacts brain chemistry, social norms around the subject, and more.

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Listen to what your kids are listening to

Julie Fontes tries to trick children into thinking. She is having opinions in Ventura, CA and on stupeh.com. I am a thirty-year-old former partying teenager and believer in the potential for good and must write to you about how I strongly dislike Katy Perry and other similar creatures. This isn’t a case of the playa’ [...]

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Party time?

The dangers of underage drinking can surface in unexpected ways. Take for instance the death of Santa Paula youth Samuel Travis Reeves. Reeves would have been 21 years old this year, ironically, the legal drinking age, had he not been killed at an “out of control” party back in 2003. Ventura County detectives recently closed [...]

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