Youth

Links on the Internet to sites with information about youth and alcohol related issues. Some sites also give advice on how to handle problems that may arise.

NSW Government Links

NSW Health
Youth Action Plan: 2001-2005
An outline of the NSW Government's commitment and approach to preventing and reducing alcohol use and associated harm by young people. (575 Kb pdf file).

Alcohol Summit
Young People & Alcohol Forum: Recommendations
August 2003

CommunityBuilders
Are you responsible?
This campaign is designed to encourage the community to think about their level of responsibility in relation to young people and alcohol. It was developed by the Wollongong Local Area Command to address the problems associated with underage drinking and the secondary supply of alcohol to young people.

Department of Gaming & Racing
Young People and Alcohol
Information about underage drinking laws, and NSW Government initiatives to reduce underage drinking in the community.
Young People and the NSW Liquor Laws
An information sheet designed to raise awareness about the NSW liquor laws and how those laws affect young people. It contains information of interest to minors (under 18s) and young adults (18 years and over) and is a useful resource for students, parents, teachers and principals of secondary schools, and the wider community. (pdf file)
Underage Drinking Prevention Program
An information sheet about the Government's efforts to reduce the harm associated with underage drinking.

NSW Commission for Children and Young People
Young people's involvement at the NSW Alcohol Summit - including speeches by young people involved in the Summit
Information about young people and the Alcohol Summit.
Kid Stat's                                                              
Kids’ Stats provides statistical information about the safety, welfare and well-being of children and young people in New South Wales.

Other Links

Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC)
Youth and Alcohol: 2003 ALAC Youth Drinking Monitor
The results of this survey are designed to evaluate youth attitudes and behaviour towards risky drinking and provide direction and focus to ALAC’s youth strategy. Results from this survey are mainly based on results from 14-17 year olds. However, results for 12 and 13 year olds are also reported, where relevant.
The Should You Supply Community Alcohol Intervention: An evaluation for the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
Should You Supply was a community based campaign designed to reduce levels of problematic drinking among under-18s by discouraging inappropriate supply of alcohol by adults, including parents. This report describes the evaluation of Should You Supply.
Alcohol and Your Kids
Learning to handle alcohol is one of the challenges a teenager will face. A parents support and advice is critical, even though it is not always welcomed! This section includes suggestions aimed at helping manage alcohol-related issues with teenagers.

Alcohol Policy Network
Alcohol and Youth
This links to information about alcohol and youth. It indicates the trends of alcohol use by Canadian youth. Research is from the Alcohol and Cancer Prevention Work Group.

Australian Institute of Criminology
Alcohol-related Social Disorder and Rural Youth: Part 2— Perpetrators
This study shows that there are proportionally more alcohol consumers and more hazardous and harmful drinkers among rural youth than among their metropolitan counterparts.

Institute of Alcohol (IAS) 
Factsheet
A factsheet from the Institute of Alcohol (IAS) on alcohol and young people including sections on how much young people drink, where they drink, when young people start drinking, what they drink, why they drink, general attitudes and recent legislation (pdf file).

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Sentencing and Dispositions of Youth DUI and Other Alcohol Offenses
This Guide is intended to help judges and prosecutors to more effectively sanction juveniles and youths for alcohol-related offenses, work more cooperatively with administrative agencies and community organizations, and define a role for themselves outside the courtroom in preventing underage drinking and other alcohol-related offenses.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child About Alcohol
A booklet developed by the US NIAAA about the risks of alcohol; prevention strategies parents can use to reduce the risks of alcohol; how to build a strong parent - child relationship; etc. This guide is geared to parents and guardians of young people ages 10 to 14.

National Alcohol Strategy
Teenagers and Alcohol: A Parent's Guide
A factsheet for parents on discussing alcohol related issues with teenagers.
Alcohol Consumption Patterns Among Australian 15-17 year olds from February 2000 to February 2002
This report explores the alcohol consumption patterns of teenagers aged 15 to 17 years, based on the findings of four national surveys that were conducted during the period from February 2000 to February 2002. There are two parts to the report: part one provides an overview of teenage drinking, while part two provides a detailed analysis of the level of consumption and the types of alcoholic beverages consumed on their last drinking occasion, amongst teenagers who drank within the three months prior to each survey. August 2003

ReachOut
Factsheet
A factsheet from the ReachOut website on youth and alcohol abuse.

World Health Organization (WHO). Regional Office for Europe
Declaration on Young People and Alcohol, 2001
This Declaration complements the broader societal response, as outlined in the European Alcohol Action Plan 2000-2005. The declaration includes different approaches to provide protection from exposure to alcohol promotion and sponsorship and to implement control policies on age and pricing. The declaration includes different approaches to provide protection from exposure to alcohol promotion and sponsorship and to implement control policies on age and pricing.