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Federal report on underage drinking warns of possible threats to progress
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.33180
Subject(s) - criminology , phenomenon , psychology , pandemic , covid-19 , political science , computer security , environmental health , medicine , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , disease , quantum mechanics , pathology
While the latest Report to Congress on the prevention of underage alcohol use strikes a positive chord in chronicling a downward trend in youth drinking, it also issues warnings about other recent developments that could shift behavior in the opposite direction. Some of this involves pandemic‐influenced policy changes that have expanded adult access to alcohol (such as through what appears to be a lasting “to‐go” cocktail phenomenon) but also could result in more exposure to alcohol among youths.