Directory of Alcohol Resources

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This category features information, tips, guides, and activities to help kids and teens learn about alcohol abuse, prevention, physical effects, health risks, and legal issues.

Resources in This Category

• Alcohol

  http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=285&id=1507
  Explains what it is, what it does in the body, and why young people drink. Also discusses too much alcohol and how to keep safe.

• Alcohol Abuse

  http://sites.google.com/site/xuboyrulz/
  Tells about the long and short term effects of alcohol.

• Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain

  http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/2563/1/Alcohol-and-Adolescent-Brain-Development/Page1.html
  Explains why alcohol affects the teen brain differently than the adult brain, and describes the long term effects. Includes a fact sheet to download.

• Drinking: It Can Spin Your World Around: Facts for Teens

  http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/alcohol-abuse.html
  Answers why to say no, health problems, peer pressure, how to know when drinking is a problem, and how to stop. Includes alcohol content in drinks, laws, and sobering up.

• In the Mix: Alcohol Abuse

  http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/alcohol_index.html
  The online companion to the PBS broadcast, with information and resources for teens and educators on alcohol abuse.

• Kids and Alcohol

  http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/alcohol.html
  Article explores the long-term affects of alcohol as well as the dangers of early use. Includes warning signs of alcoholism.

• TeensHealth: Coping With an Alcoholic Parent

  http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/coping-alcoholic.html
  Explains what alcoholism is, why a parent drinks and why they don't stop. Includes how teens feel, other problems, and what to do.

• The Cool Spot

  http://www.thecoolspot.gov/
  Games, quizzes, animation and graphics explain the risks of underage drinking and ways to resist peer pressure.

• Too Smart to Start Youth

  http://www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/teens/
  Gives information about alcohol and what it does to the body. Includes advice from other teens, play a memory game, or download a puzzle. (Puzzles require free Flash or Adobe download)

 

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