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Why Adults Ignore Underage Drinking and Other Stories
Huffington Post by Linda Flanagan
It's Monday morning, and tales about the weekend start trickling in. Did you hear about the sweet 16? Three kids passed out, one girl turned up naked and unconscious, and the police came and hauled everyone in. Tut-tut, isn't it awful. Next Monday: different characters, same outcome. Ho-hum. Underage drinking is routine in a lot of American cities and towns, including mine. Indeed, according to demographic data from the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health released by the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as a 2010 longitudinal study of 20,000 students, predominantly white, well-educated, and affluent Northeastern communities turn out the highest rates of underage drinkers.
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