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Our new books address health and safety concerns for young adults in a comprehensive and informative context. Binge drinking is an epidemic on high school and college campuses across the country. This book helps readers to understand that it is not as harmless as one may think by explaining the damaging effects of binge drinking on the body and life of a binge drinker.

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This title examines one of the world's critical issues, binge drinking. Readers will learn the historical background of this issue leading up to its current and future impact on society. What is binge drinking, binge drinking versus alcoholism, and the affects of binge drinking such as liver damage, decreased motor function, brain damage, weight gain, heart disease, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, and alcohol poisoning are discussed in detail. Organizations that work to influence alcohol consumption such as the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), The Substance and Mental Health Services Administration, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the Inter-Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are introduced. Efforts to curb binge drinking by limiting sales, enacting legislation, raising the drinking age, increasing prices, and reducing availability are discussed. Community programs such as the Massachusetts Saving Lives Program, Project Northland, A Matter of Degree, and Communities That Care are covered. Engaging text, informative sidebars, and color photographs present information realistically, leaving readers with a thorough, honest interpretation of binge drinking. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Issues is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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The Solution to End Binge Drinking for Life!Limited Time Offer: Go to www.plaid-enterprises.com/freebook to get your FREE bonus book!You're about to discover how to finally gain control over binge drinking, and improve your quality of life in the process. Each and every day, so many good people go out to a party or a night on the town with friends and accidentally overdo it with their alcohol consumption. You or someone close to you has felt the effects of this mistake time and again: the loss of memory, the embarrassing photos, the terrible hangover, and possibly an aftermath of destruction that binge drinking has caused to your life or the lives of others.Finally there's a way to help you put a stop to it, while still continuing to enjoy alcohol with friends and family - the safe and responsible way. Keep in mind, this is not a book for convincing you to stop drinking, but an easy to follow guide with strategic techniques to help you curb your alcohol intake and get a handle on binge drinking once and for all!Here is a Preview of What You'll Learn The effects of Binge Drinking Why you should control your alcohol intake What 'triggers' are and how you can use them How to gauge your limit and know when you're good Ways to avoid the most common reasons that start you down the wrong path How to use support effectively (It's not how you think!) Pre-Game and Post-Game drinking tips to help avoid alcohol abuse Keeping your mind occupied and off of alcohol and drinking Much, much more... Grab your copy today!

This insightful introduction to the disease of alcoholism offers readers a compelling look at how alcohol use disorder affects both those who abuse alcohol and their families. Topics include the warning signs of alcoholism, the factors leading to alcohol use disorder, and where to turn to get help for addiction problems, including Alcoholics Anonymous. This essential volume also provides information on therapeutic treatments such as individual therapy and in-patient care, as well as medications used to treat alcohol addiction. Readers will understand the concrete steps to help them or someone they love overcome addiction.

Discusses the harmful effects that alcohol and binge drinking have on teens, including why teens drink, information on binge drinking, peer pressure, and societal costs.

Incorporating HC 368-i to vii, session 2008-09. An earlier volume of written evidence to this inquiry published as HC 368-II, session 2008-09 (ISBN 9780215529756)

Drivers under the age of 21 are twice as likely to be killed as a result of drunk driving than older drivers.