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April is Alcohol Awareness Month – Focus on the Issues of Underage Drinking

This month, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) celebrates the 26th Anniversary of Alcohol Awareness Month with the theme, “Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities: Prevent Underage Drinking.” NCADD President/CEO, Robert J. Lindsey said, “We chose a theme that will allow NCADD’s National Network of Affiliates and other NCADD Alcohol Awareness Month supporting organizations [...]

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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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The high cost of underage drinking

Hospitalization for underage drinking costs an estimated $755 million in the United States each year, according to a new study by the Mayo Clinic.

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Do you really know where your teenagers are?

It’s Wednesday night and I am getting ready to go out with my friends to a club in West Hollywood. I am the designated driver and 23 years old. The destination is to an 18-and-over club that I have never been to before. Walking in is an amazing experience. The music is so loud and [...]

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Providing alcohol to minors: the law

In all 50 states, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to drink alcohol. But what exactly is the law about providing alcohol to minors, anyway?

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Parents letting kids drink: is it ever okay?

Parents hosting teen drinking parties Most parents will readily agree that teen drinking is a problem, and that they want their kids to abstain from alcohol. However, the truth is that some parents provide their children with alcohol, and sometimes even provide it to their children’s friends. Often they do it with the rationale that [...]

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Musings about parenting my future teens…

As a mother of three very little ones, I wonder what it’s going to be like when they’re tweens and teens.  Do they really have to go through the same “rites of passage” as I did?  What can I do to stack the odds in favor of them choosing a healthier path?  What do adolescents [...]

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Oobie-Doobie and Onward…

The first time I got drunk, I had no idea what I was doing.  I was 14, out with friends who were much older, and ready to rebel.  As I had been having regular fights with my stepfather at home (who raged at me while I wasn’t allowed to even slightly raise my voice to [...]

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NOT a party game.

Oh my struggling friend, oh my womanchild sister, Where’s the little girl that was? I can see that you miss her. Don’t you think that I know, You don’t want it to be real. I can hear your denial, I know just how you feel. Yeah, you want to defend him, You want to protect [...]

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Making the choice

Everyone is faced with the decision of drinking alcohol or not, at one point in life. Although it may be fun at the moment, eventually it can get out of hand and will affect you and those around you. On top of that, you life may be at risk. I went drinking with a group [...]

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