alcohol use

Provides basic consumer health information for teens about the physical and mental health effects of alcohol use, with facts about alcohol abuse and underage drinking, treatment and recovery, and coping with alcoholism in the family. Includes index and resource information.

"Provides comprehensive information on drug abuse, including first-person interviews, signs and symptoms, physical dangers, recovery, and solutions"--Provided by publisher.

"Provides comprehensive information on alcohol abuse, including first-person interviews, signs and symptoms, physical dangers, recovery, and solutions"--Provided by publisher.

Explains about alcohol and tobacco, the downside of alcohol and tobacco use, effects on the body, why people become addicted, dangers and legal consequences, and more.

Filled with completely up-to-date information, this edition squarely addresses a problem that is reaching epidmeic proportions among American teenagers.

Uses data from the Gallup Youth Survey and other sources to examine issues related to teenage drinking.

Provides an account of a teenage girl who crashed her car while under the influence of alcohol and went to jail for killing the other driver, a husband of twenty-five years with children and grandchildren, and includes comments from the victim's family, a jailhouse interview with the perpetrator, and discussion of why teens drink.

Documentary and testimonial about the consequences for and emotions felt by all parties involved in a drunk driving death.

Demonstrates to teens who currently use alcohol what the future may hold for them if they continue to drink. Explores the potential consequences of alcohol from various perspectives, including its effects on perception ; its lasting physical effects on the brain and other organs ; and how a drunk person really drives. Culminates in a reenactment of the impact of a fatal car accident involving a drunk teen driver and his three passengers.