| Description |
1 online resource (118 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map. |
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Issues that concern you |
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Gale eBooks
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Issues that concern you.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The state of underage drinking in the United States / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- The drinking age should be lowered to eighteen / Michelle Minton -- The drinking age should not be lowered to eighteen / Joanne Glasser -- Eliminating the drinking age promotes freedom / Jeffrey A. Tucker -- Eliminating or lowering the drinking age will cost lives / Robert A. Corrigan -- Lowering the drinking age can prevent binge drinking / Morris E. Chafetz -- Lowering the drinking age will encourage binge drinking / Sara Huffman -- Exposing teens to alcohol helps them drink responsibly / Elizabeth Hanna -- Teen drinking may cause irreversible brain damage / Michelle Trudeau -- Parents should let teens drink at home so they learn to drink responsibly / Gretchen Anderson -- Parents should not let teens drink at home / Linda Carroll -- Banning caffeinated alcohol drinks can reduce underage binge drinking / Robyn Schelenz -- Banning caffeinated alcohol drinks will not reduce underage binge drinking / Jacob Sullum -- Single-sex dormitories can prevent underage drinking / John Garvey -- Underage drinkers should be given medical amnesty / Raymond Updyke -- Underage drinkers should take alcohol classes / John McCardell. |
| Summary |
Explores the use and abuse of alcohol by teenagers, discussing the prevalence of binge drinking, the legal issue of the drinking age, and the effectiveness of various preventative measures. |
| Subject |
Teenagers -- Alcohol use -- United States.
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Youth -- Alcohol use -- United States.
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Drinking age -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Scherer, Lauri S., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Underage drinking. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012 9780737763003 (DLC) 2012029202 |
| ISBN |
9780737767872 (electronic book) |
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9780737763003 (hbk.) |
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0737763000 (hbk.) |
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