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原文传递 Comprehensive Plan for Preventing and Reducing Underage Drinking.

题名：	Comprehensive Plan for Preventing and Reducing Underage Drinking.
关键词：	plans, adolescents, reduction, prevention, teenagers, social problems, public health, children, united states, substance abuse
摘要：	Alcohol is the most widely used substance of abuse among Americas youth. A higher percentage of youth aged 12 to 20 use alcohol (29%) than use tobacco (24%) or illicit drugs (14%), making underage drinking a leading public health problem in the United States (SAMHSA, 2005). It is illegal in all fifty States to sell alcohol to youth under the age of 21; however, in some States it may be legally provided to youth in special circumstances such as religious ceremonies, in private residences, or in the presence of a parent or guardian. Nevertheless underage youth find it relatively easy to acquire alcohol, often from adults (Wagenaar et al., 1996). Underage drinking has proven to be a complex, persistent social problem that has resisted an easy solution even as new research over the past decade has increased our understanding of how underage alcohol use threatens the immediate and long-term well being of the individual and others. / Availability Note: Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, 22161, USA.
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