This is a report written by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism regarding the health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption. It discusses how risks and benefits should be measured and disucsses at length the harmful effects of alcohol use. It also looks at alcohols effect on society. I found the report well balanced as it does adrress both sides of the arguement in a logical manner. Of course, being a government publication I feel it should be trustworthy and I found it very useful in writing my paper.
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse VIII: Teens & Parents. Rep. National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse VIII: Teens & Parents. Web. 25 Mar. 2010.
This is a report written by the National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse. The report was based on research conducted to find triggers that increase underage drinking. Some very thorough research was done and it was found that boredom, stress and having excess money to spend were major triggers for underage drinking. I found the report very useful as it addresses reasons for drinking and found the source to be highly credible.
Proc. of Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility, US Congress, Washington DC. Web. 03 Apr. 2010.
This source was the statement of Richard J. Bonnie, Chair of the Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine and John S. Battle Professor of Law, Director, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy
University of Virginia before the Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions at the U.S. Senate. The statement was given to address underage drinking and identify strategies to reduce underage alcohol consumption. The report highlighted just how big a problem underage drinking is before going on to discuss a broad and multifaceted approach to the problem. Being that this statement was given to the US Senate I can be confident of the research and standard of work so I had no problems using this as a source.
Bonnie, Richard J., and Mary Ellen O'Connell. Reducing Underage Drinking: a Collective Responsibility. Washington, DC: National Academies, 2004. Print.
This book was written by Richard J bonnie who also made the above statement to the US Senate. The book is on the same subject, carries the same message although being a book, is in more detail and goes into the subject in more depth.
Britton, Annie, Archana Singh-Manoux, and Michael Marmot. "Alcohol Consumption and Cognitive Function in the Whitehall II Study." American Journal of Epidemiology 160.3 (2004): 242. Alcohol Consumption and Cognitive Function in the Whitehall II Study. 27 Feb. 2004. Web. 25 Mar. 2010.
This Article was written by the International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College of London. The article was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, a peer reviewed journal. The article was based on research to study the effects of alcohol use on cognitive skills. Surpirsingly, initial results seemed to show that alcohol increased cognitive skills however this results were soimewhat diluted when the social position of the participants were entered into the scenario. The article was very interesting and I was able to us much of the information in my writing. Since it appeared in a peer reviewed journal I am confident that this is a credible source.
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