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Underage Drinking

ADULTS MOST COMMON SOURCE OF ALCOHOL FOR TEENS, ACCORDING TO POLL OF TEENS 13-18, August 8, 2005

State Alcohol Tax AMERICANS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT INCREASE IN STATE ALCOHOL TAXES, May 2004
Spring Break Polls (Parents & Adults)
Parents Want Bar Owners to Do More to Stop Excessive Drinking at Spring Break
Source: "Spring Break, Alcohol and College Students: A Survey of Parents and Adults" — American Medical Association, Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse — Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Washington, D.C., February 2002
Parents and Adults Associate Spring Break With Underage Drinking
Source: "Spring Break, Alcohol and College Students: A Survey of Parents and Adults" — American Medical Association, Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse — Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Washington, D.C., February 2002
Spring Break & Alcohol, Much Concern About A Serious Problem
Source: "Spring Break, Alcohol and College Students: A Survey of Parents and Adults" — American Medical Association, Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse — Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Washington, D.C., February 2002
Spring Break Polls (College Students)
College Students Say Promotions Influence Them to Drink Excessively
Source: "Spring Break, Alcohol and College Students: A Survey of College Students" — American Medical Association, Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse — Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Washington, D.C., February 2002
College Students Receive Free Beer & Liquor From Alcohol Companies
Source: "Spring Break, Alcohol and College Students: A Survey of College Students" — American Medical Association, Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse — Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Washington, D.C., February 2002
AMA Poll on College Drinking 
High Level of Concern About Excessive College Drinking — This is a VERY serious problem
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Graphics: Binge Drinking
Percentage of Drinks Consumed by Drinking Pattern Among 18 to 20 Year Olds
Source: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Drinking in America: Myths, Realities, and Prevention Policy. Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention, 2001
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Percentage of Non-Binge Drinking Students Experiencing Secondary Effects of Other Students' Binge Drinking
Source: Wechsler, Austin. Secondary effects of Binge Drinking on College Campuses. The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, U.S. Department of Education, 1997
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Problems Experienced Due to Binge Drinking
Source: Wechsler, Lee et al. College Binge Drinking in the 1990s: A Continuing Problem, Journal of American College Health, vol. 48, March, 2000
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poll resultsNationally representative poll on liquor advertising on TV among 500 American adults 18 years of age and older. Note:  42% of the people polled thought liquor ads  on TV would  be a major factor in causing young people under 21 to try liquor. 

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