Our Thinking About Drinking

Alcohol and Youth is a critical topic area, involving issues such as underage drinking and binge drinking. Underage youth are vulnerable and often not prepared to make sound choices about beverage alcohol. Even though the rate of underage drinking is on the decline in many places, any amount of underage drinking is too much, and those who do drink can cause harm to themselves or those around them. There are a variety of policy approaches to address this serious problem.