AMA Releases New Information About Underage Drinking
Underage Drinkers at Higher Risk of Brain Damage than
Adults, American Medical Association Report Reveals
AMA Challenges Television Networks and Cable TV to
Stop Airing Alcohol Ads to Youth
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Greetings!
Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a
great holiday season. Just wanted to get you up to
speed on a few stories that broke over the holdays. I
know it is a busy time, so you might have missed them.
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| Underage Drinking is a D.U.M.B. Decision | | |  Underage Drinking is a D.U.M.B. Decision
(Drinking Underage Maims the Brain)
Fact Sheet from an American Medical Association
Report on Alcohol's Adverse Effects on the Brains of
Children, Adolescents and College StudentsRead on... | | |
| MYAA Responds to AMA News on Underage Drinking | | |  Young Drinkers Risk Damaging Their Brains
"Teenage drinking is an inevitable rite of passage."
"Young, underage drinkers have resilient bodies that
bounce back from the effects of alcohol more so than
adults."
"Alcohol abuse and excessive drinking is on the decline
among adolescents."
These are all myths in our society. Their
widespread belief exacerbates the growing epidemic of
underage drinking, a problem we're experiencing first
hand in Missouri.Full Story | | |
| Web Site FYI | | |  The AMA has launched a new web site dedicated to
Alcohol Policy, AlcoholPolicySolutions.net. Please
check it frequently for up-to-date information. This is
a wonderful resource for you and your groups to use.Take a look! | | |
| Industry Responses | | |  Following the release late last month of the AMA's
information on alcohol and the adolescent brain and
calling for a ban on alcohol advertising, the Century
Council, funded by liquor distillers, and the Beer
Institute published response statements. Of note:
neither commented on the damaging effects of alcohol
on young brains, but instead focused on the "business"
side of the issue.To view their responses, click on "more on this topic". More on this topic | | |
| Monitoring the Future Releases New Data | | |  New Monitoring the Future data indicates that alcohol
use is dropping among some segments of teens across
the nation. The annual survey of 8th, 10th and 12th
graders, funded by the National Institute on Drug
Abuse, shows a drop in past-month use by 8th graders
from 26.2 percent in 1996 to 19.6 in 2002.While the reduction is commendable, we must
remember that nationally, nearly two out of ten 8th
graders, (14- and 15-year-olds), are still drinking
alcohol regularly. In Missouri, among all grades, past-
month usage remains higher than the national average,
according to the Missouri Student Survey conducted in
February 2002.
Among Missouri 8th graders, 23.8 percent
drank alcohol in the month prior to the survey. Thirty
nine percent of 10th graders and 49 percent of 12th
graders drank in the past month, while the Monitoring
the Future showed national data to be 35.4 percent
and 48.6 percent, respectively. To further study the Monitoring the Future data, click here. | | |
| Head's Up | | | HB 36 has been filed already, thanks to Rep. Cathy Jolly!
This is the statewide beer keg registration bill. To view the bill, click here... | | |
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