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"The Institute of Medicine and
National Research Council have released a landmark study, "Reducing
Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility."
The American Medical Association's Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
has developed a tool kit to assist local coalitions and advocates in
taking the study's recommendations and advancing local and state policy
and prevention initiatives." Landmark
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September 2003Read the entire E-Book Version online here Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks – and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol.  Alcohol Advertising and risks to youth
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NATIONAL ACADEMIES REPORT TO CONGRESS RELEASED The National Academies’ Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council released a much-anticipated Report to Congress entitled “Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility,” on September 9. The committee that prepared the report was charged with reviewing existing programs and approaches and developing a strategy to reduce underage drinking. As the title suggests, emphasis was placed on adopting an inclusive strategy to address this issue, one that invites everyone to take responsibility for combating the problem. The committee based its considerations on the societal context in which underage drinking occurs. This included five elements—that alcohol is: The committee also found that the
average age of drinking is decreasing. Understanding that
underage drinking has become a normative behavior in our society, the
committee developed the following strategy to address the problem. The
report purposely does not rank the components, believing that a
multifaceted approach with reinforcing elements is essential to
successful implementation. In addition, States were encouraged to enforce zero tolerance laws, enact and enforce graduated driver licensing laws, implement sobriety checkpoints, strengthen efforts to prevent and detect use of fake IDs, and establish administrative procedures and noncriminal penalties. Recommendations for local enforcement were also included.
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