A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
This comprehensive report summarizes the results and recommendations of the 3-year NIAAA Task Force on College Drinking. The Task Force was comprised of college and university presidents, researchers specializing in college alcohol use, and selected students. The report contains information on the consequences of excessive and underage college drinking, recommendations for possible interventions, and suggested areas for future research.

Adolescent Development and Alcohol Use 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Drs. Faden and Powell cover a wide range of areas related to adolescence and alcohol—statistics, neuroscience, growth and development, influence of peers and parents, cultural and behavioral milestones in adolescence, and societal influences, among other issues. They outline the “state of the science” in this area and how this pertinent information can be used by educators, counselors, community leaders, and parents when addressing this issue with today’s youth.

Alcohol Alert No. 67 : Underage Drinking - Why Do Adolescents Drink, What Are the Risks, and How Can Underage Drinking Be Prevented?  
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Alcohol is the drug of choice among youth. Many young people are experiencing the consequences of drinking too much, at too early an age. As a result, underage drinking is a leading public health problem in this country. Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drownings (1–5).

Alcohol Alert No. 68: Young Adult Drinking 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
This Alcohol Alert describes why young people often choose to drink and how alcohol affects their brains.

Alcohol, Why Drink When You Can… A Guided Discussion on Underage Alcohol Consumption 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This interactive lesson plan contains a number of different activities for educators to use to teach young people about the harms of underage drinking.

College Alcohol Risk Assessment Guide: Environmental Approaches to Prevention 
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
Despite general agreement among campus officials and students alike that alcohol use contributes to a range of problems confronting colleges and universities, prevention often does not command a high priority for students, faculty, and staff. This guide is designed to help college administrators identify factors within the campus environment that contribute to alcohol-related problems.

Community How To Guides On Underage Drinking 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
These Community How To Guides address fundamental components of planning and implementing a comprehensive underage drinking prevention program. The guides are designed to be brief, easy to read, and easy to use. Each guide contains a resource section to assist readers in obtaining additional and detailed information about the topics covered in that guide. The appendices include useful tools for each topic area that provide coalitions and organizations with a jump-start in their planning and implementation activities.

Environmental Management: A Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing Alcohol and Other Drug Use on College Campuses  
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
Despite  the concerns of college presidents, heavy episodic or binge drinking on college campuses has often been viewed as a rite of passage for young adults. Some educators have assumed that most heavy drinkers, if left alone, will learn from their mistakes and then approach alcohol consumption with a greater sense of responsibility. This view not only overlooks the deaths and injuries that student drinkers experience each year but also their negative impact on other students and campus life in general. The purpose of this publication is to present a comprehensive strategy for alcohol and drug prevention in higher education, called environmental management.

Focus On Prevention 
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
This guide was developed to help a wide range of groups and communities move from concerns about substance abuse to proven and practical solutions. It is a starting point that offers brief, practical, and easy-to-read information that is useful in planning and delivering prevention strategies.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Initiative on Underage Drinking 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
This initiative is an undertaking borne of the convergence of recent scientific advances and increased public concern about the seriousness of this longstanding societal problem.

NIAAA Science Education Programs 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
This curricula aims to translate and apply research findings about the science of alcohol use and abuse in a variety of formal and informal educational settings.

Parents—Help Your Teens Party Right at Graduation 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Simple, important precautionary measures such as prom-planning involvement and open communication with your child and student can make a difference for this memorable occasion. For information on how to “Help Your Teens Party Right at Graduation,” view this flyer.

Reach Out Now/Reach Out Now Teach-In 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Reach Out Now is an intiative developed through a SAMHSA/CSAP collaboration with Scholastic Inc. to provide fifth- and sixth-grade teachers with ready-to-use evidence-based underage drinking prevention materials. They include lessons and worksheets, an interactive wall poster, bonus skill-building activity worksheets, and a take-home discussion guide to stimulate discussions about underage drinking between students and their adult caregivers.

Safe Lanes on Campus: A Guide for Preventing Impaired Driving and Underage Drinking 
Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, in collaboration with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, has published Safe Lanes on Campus: A Guide for Preventing Impaired Driving and Underage Drinking. This guide addresses alcohol use by college students under the minimum legal drinking age, and driving under the influence of alcohol by college students of all ages.

SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs & Practices 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help individuals, agencies, and organizations implement programs and practices in their communities.

SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) Web site on Underage Drinking 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA's OAS collects and reports on national and State data to assist policymakers, treatment providers and patients make informed decisions regarding the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. This specific site on underage drinking includes reports on underage drinking, detailed tables on underage and legal age drinking, SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health, current rates of underage drinking by race/ethnicity, region, and size of metropolitan area, and underage drinking trends by State and region.

Setting and Improving Policies for Reducing Alcohol and Other Drug Problems on Campus 
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
Setting and Improving Policies for Reducing Alcohol and Other Drug Problems on Campus: A Guide for School Administrators has been written for administrators—including college presidents, vice presidents, deans of students, and deans of residential life—at both 2-year and 4-year institutions of higher education who are responsible for developing and implementing alcohol and drug policies on campus.

Sober Truth On Preventing (STOP) Underage Drinking Act 
U.S. Congress
This Act states that the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, with input and collaboration from other appropriate Federal agencies, States; Indian tribes; territories; and public health, consumer, and alcohol beverage industry groups, annually issue a `report card' to accurately rate the performance of each State in enacting, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, and programs to prevent or reduce underage drinking. The report card shall include ratings on outcome measures for categories related to the prevalence of underage drinking in each State.

The Cool Spot 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
The Cool Spot's content is drawn from research-based alcohol prevention curriculum for students in grades 6 - 8. The site includes the key elements of effective prevention programs: norms perception correction, facts about alcohol misuse, challenges to positive expectations, and information about peer pressure and resistance skills. The Cool Spot adapts this content in an engaging, interactive format featuring vivid graphics and characters drawn in the 'anime' style of Japanese comics. It focus tested very well in its intended audience of 11-13 year olds, who particularly appreciated the peer pressure and resistance skills sections. The site includes an interactive, 10-question assessment that educators can use to determine whether students have gleaned some of the site's key learning objectives.

The NSDUH Report: Underage Drinking in Rural Areas 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Studies show that underage persons (aged 20 or below) in rural areas use alcohol at rates similar to or higher than underage persons in urban areas. However, little research has focused on how this pattern varies across geographic and demographic subgroups. This report presents comparisons from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on the prevalence of any past month and binge alcohol use among persons aged 12 to 20 who lived in rural and nonrural areas.

The Surgeon General’s Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking: What It Means to You―A Guide to Action for Educators 
Office of the Surgeon General
This guide highlights key issues related to underage drinking found in the complete Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking. It was developed to provide educators and other school personnel a guide to what they can do to take action against underage drinking and why.

Underage Drinking Prevention Poster 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
The selections in this colorful poster’s vending machine represent the many activities kids can choose to do instead of drinking. Aimed at middle-school underage drinking programs, the poster directs students to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s adolescent underage drinking prevention Web site at www.thecoolspot.gov.

Underage Drinking: Myths vs. Facts 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This brochure dispels common myths about underage alcohol use and helps 9- to 15-year-olds understand the dangers associated with using alcohol.

What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Annotated Bibliography 
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Is alcohol, drug, and tobacco use among boys prevalent today, and what is the connection between substance abuse and other negative outcomes? Read about boys’ use and abuse of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco and their treatment rates.