Alcohol / Scott Barbour, book editor.
Series: Introducing issues with opposing viewpointsPublication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2006.Description: 144 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0737732199 (lib. : alk. paper)
- 9780737732191 (lib. : alk. paper)
- 362.292/0973 22
- HV5292 .A379 2006
Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | MHERC Alcohol and Drug | 362.292/0973 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Issues with Opposing Viewpoints series. | A41299881 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Is alcohol harmful to society?: Alcohol is harmful to society / Deborah Williams -- Harms of alcohol are exaggerated / Michael Judge -- Teen alcohol abuse is a serious problem -- Problem of teen alcohol abuse is exaggerated / Nick Gillespie -- Teen alcohol use can be beneficial / Rutger C.M.E. Engels -- Alcohol abuse among college students is a crisis -- Problem of alcohol abuse among college students is overstated / Steven Milloy -- How can underage drinking be prevented?: Raising alcohol taxes can prevent underage drinking / Jim Gogek -- Raising alcohol taxes will not prevent underage drinking / David K. Rehr -- Parents can help prevent underage drinking / Barbara F. Meltz -- Parents have limited influence over teens' drinking behavior / Dympna Ugwu-Oju -- Youths' exposure to alcohol ads should be limited / James A. O'Hara III -- Youths' exposure to alcohol ads is adequately limited /Jeff Becker -- How can drunk driving be reduced?: Minimum drinking-age laws reduce drunk driving / Steven Chapman -- Minimum drinking-age laws do not reduce drunk driving / Ed Quillen -- Low blood alcohol content laws reduce drunk driving -- Low blood alcohol content laws do not reduce drunk driving / John Doyle.
Alcohol is a drug that often results in tragedies. Yet it is also a legal substance that is enjoyed harmlessly by millions of Americans. Contributors to this volume debate the harms and benefits of alcohol as well as measures to prevent underage drinking and drunk driving.