Underage Drinking

UK Leads World In Underage Drinking

guardian.co.uk | Owen Bowcott | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


UK's levels of teenage pregnancy, drunkenness and unemployment are among highest out of 30 countries...

Passages

Neil McCarthy | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living


Neil McCarthy

We should celebrate New Years in June, not January. Things seem to more or less end in January.

Why Harm Reduction Makes Sense: These Three Things I Know are True

Stanton Peele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living


Stanton Peele

How many adult substance abusers abstain? By now, we are inured to the frequent visits to rehab by problem drinking and drug abusing entertainment figures.

College Presidents Seek Debate On Drinking Age

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 09.19.2008 | Home


College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consi...

Gossip Girl Part II: And the Survey Says...

Tina Wells | Posted 09.13.2008 | Entertainment


Tina Wells

One would think the topic of sex is a sure seller, and it is, but I also think that consumers are so multi-faceted these days that they're not accepting the same old bag of tricks.

Is Gossip Girl What Teens Really Want?

Tina Wells | Posted 08.06.2008 | Entertainment


Tina Wells

Gossip Girl bears next to no resemblance to the real lives of teens, even from that narrow, privileged demographic. I get the concept of escapism, but, honestly, what are today's teens escaping from?

Explained: Why Store Clerks Must Card All Alcohol Buyers

Behind the Counter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Prompted by this story out of England, where supermarket staff refused to sell alcohol to a white-haired 72-year-old man, I thought I might give some ...