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Underage
Drinking in Curry County - DHS issued January,
2008 Page
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2 . . Age
of onset 7%
drank regularly before 13 19%
drank before 13 Use
in Past 30 days 29% 38% Perception
of Risk or Harm 34%
believe there is "great risk" for people
who have one or more drinks nearly every
day 33%
believe that there is no harm in taking
one or more drinks daily Perception
of disapproval of use by peers and
adults 71%
parents would think is was "very wrong"
for someone their age to us
alcohol 80%
believe that their parents would feel it
is wrong for them to drink Ways
to Have Fun without Drinking Blood
Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Affect on Motor
Skills Snippets Beer consumed
by the highest 10 percentile of drinks by volume
represents 42% of the reported alcohol consumer in
the US Beer is
disproportionately consumed in hazardous amounts
(i.e., five or more drinks per occasion) relative
to wine and spirits. Nearly 82% of
adults favor an increase of five cents per drink in
the tax on beer, wine or liquor to pay for programs
to prevent minors from drinking and to increase
alcohol treatment programs. Alcohol
excise tax rates have rarely been increased to
compensate for the effects of inflation. As a
result, "real" tax rates have declined over most of
the postwar period. This erosion of real tax rates
has contributed to overall declines in real
beverage prices over time. In 1998, the
estimated economic cost of alcohol abuse in the
US exceeded $184 billion. This cost is
equivalent to roughly $683 for every man, woman and
child living in the US. The cost to
Americans of underage drinking totals nearly $53
billion, equivalent to $200 for every man, woman
and child in the US Each year,
the federal government spends between $900 million
and $1 billion on alcohol prevention services for
people of all ages, less than 2% of the annual cost
of alcohol use by youth alone. According to
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
federal excise tax collections for alcoholic
beverages totaled more than $8 billion in 2000. Put
into perspective, this amounts to just over 4% of
the $184 billion in alcohol-related costs
experienced by the American public. Fight the
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Sobering
Data On Student DWI Habits Drunkenness
Triples College Kids' Auto Injury Risk Keeping
Tabs On Teens May Curb Alcohol Use And
Risks Smoking,
Drinking At School May Be Contagious For
Teens Sign the
MADD "PROMise To Keep It Safe" pledging to
remain alcohol-free on prom night. In return for
your responsible choice, receive a BuzzFree ID to
get great prom discounts and incentives (offers
available vary by market). Students
Pledge Month of Alcohol Abstinence Calif.
Hearing Targets 'Alcopop' Marketing N.J.
Parents Advocate for Nickel Tax Increase to Fund
Treatment Members of
the group -- many of whom have lost children to
drug overdoses -- came to Rowan University for a
Corzine budget speech. They presented Corzine with
one of the glass jugs that they are using to
collect nickels as part of the campaign. The proposed
tax increase could raise $10 million for treatment,
they said, roughly doubling current state
spending. "I'm tired of
burying people we should be treating," says Joni
Whelan, CEO of the SODAT (Services to Overcome Drug
Abuse Among Teenagers) treatment program. |
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Oregon law encourages parents to supply alcohol
to their children. It doesn't limit the type of
alcohol "for religious purposes" but does make it
unlawful to give alcohol, outside the home, to
other than their children and not at an
intoxicating level which means it would be a
maximum of 2-5 12-ounce bottles of 5% beer, 2-5
ounces of hard liquor, or 10 to 25 ounces of wine
in one hours time. (Those are the average limits to
reach a .08 on a breathalyzer for a 100 to over 240
pound person. 1 drink equals 1 ounce of 100-proof
liquor, one five ounce glass of table wine or one
12-ounce bottle of regular beer)