alcohol use

Presents more than twenty essays and case studies on teens and alcohol, covering such aspects as alcohol poisoning, alcoholism, drunk driving, drinking age laws, alcohol and sex, and helping someone who has a drinking problem, and also includes a bibliography and a list of organizations and Web sites.

Text and accompanying photographs explore the physical, emotional, historical, and societal effects of alcohol providing statistics showing the extent of the problem in the United States.

Discusses reasons why teenage girls, in particular, should avoid taking different drugs and offers advice on health concerns and self-esteem.

Presents information about alcohol and why it is used and abused, especially by teenagers. Also provides sources of help for alcohol-related problems.

Examines teens and drunk driving, discussing how drinking affects driving ability, who drinks and drives and why, the law and drunk driving, and preventing drunk driving tragedies.

Explores the issues of alcohol use in teens, including its societal acceptance, drinking and driving, and ways to prevent its occurrence.

This book defines alcoholism as a form of chemical dependency, describes the development of alcoholism in stages, discusses the short-term and long-term effects of alcohol abuse, and explains that alcoholism is a disease.

A collection of conversations between six teens that addresses issues such as drugs, alcohol, tobacco, eating disorders, self-mutilation, and other high risk behaviors and provides advice on how to deal with them.

Explores the peer pressures, rituals, social bonding, and consequences that occur during episodes of binge drinking in college, along with suggestions for reducing some of the excesses.