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September 10, 2003
Running Time: 0:57:25
More young people drink alcohol than use other drugs or smoke tobacco, and underage drinking costs the nation an estimated $53 billion annually in losses stemming from traffic fatalities, violent crime, and other behaviors that threaten the well-being of America's youth. Curbing underage drinking is an uphill battle because alcohol is legal and readily available to adults. To tackle the problem, a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies offers a comprehensive strategy that requires a deep, shared commitment from many institutions and individuals, including alcohol manufacturers and retail businesses, the entertainment industry, and parents and other adults in local communities.
Speakers:
Richard J. Bonnie,
John S. Battle Professor of Law, Professor of Psychiatric Medicine, and
Director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
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Chair, Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking.
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