Released on: April 9, 2008, 12:06 pm

Press Release Author: Narconon Arrowhead

Industry: Healthcare

Press Release Summary: Two new reports issued by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Administration give parents all the reason they need to crack down on teen
drinking.

Press Release Body: Two new reports issued by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Administration give parents all the reason they need to crack down on teen drinking.


One of these new reports, Quantity and Frequency of Alcohol Use among Underage
Drinkers, states that the ten million young Americans (ages 12 to 20) who report
consumption of alcohol are drinking an average of six days a month, an average of
nearly five drinks apiece each day. This compares to 2.8 alcoholic drinks per day
for drinkers aged 21 or older. This report also states that underage drinkers
consume more than 11 percent of all the alcoholic drinks consumed in the United
States.

The other new report, Substance Abuse and Dependence Following Initiation or Alcohol
or Illicit Drug Use tells us that the overwhelming majority of those who start using
alcohol are still using it a year or more later.

One of the most compelling statistics related to young alcohol consumption is this
one: Alcohol consumption starting in the teens results in alcoholism four times as
often as alcohol consumption that starts at twenty-one years of age. Each year
nearly three-quarters of a million people are admitted to treatment for alcohol
addiction. And nearly 40 percent of those will enter treatment five or more times in
an attempt to recover from their addiction.

Nearly fifty million Americans engage in binge drinking each month, which means five
or more drinks at one sitting. And in 2005, nearly a quarter of a million people
were injured in car crashes in which alcohol was involved; more than 14,000 died.

"When you work with those who seek rehab for alcohol abuse, you see before you the
destruction that alcohol consumption does to a person's life when it becomes
habitual or addictive," stated Ryan Thorpe, Director of Admissions at Narconon
Arrowhead, one of the country's leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers,
located in Canadian, Oklahoma. "The problem of youth abusing alcohol needs to be
addressed from two different angles. First is to make effective education available
to underage drinkers which will save thousands of these young lives. And, second is
to make effective rehabilitation programs available for those who have become
addicted to alcohol. In this way those citizens can begin to undo the damage
alcohol consumption or addiction has created."

Asking alcohol manufacturers to stop marketing to youth is asking them to lose the
$22.5 billion dollars a year they make from underage drinking. Parents can be
effective in protecting their children from problems with alcohol. April's Alcohol
Awareness Month provides a great opportunity to teach children that the appropriate
amount of underage drinking is none, and advise moderation after reaching the legal
age to drink. For help understanding the problems of drug and alcohol addiction,
parents are invited to call Narconon Arrowhead and ask for the free booklet The Life
Cycle and Mechanics of Addiction by calling 1-800-468-6933.

For information on Narconon's successful drug treatment and educational programs and
materials, contact Narconon Arrowhead at 1-800-468-6933 or visit their website at
wws.stopaddiction.com. The Narconon program was founded in 1966 by William Benitez
in Arizona State Prison, and is based on the humanitarian works of L. Ron Hubbard.
In more than 120 centers around the world, Narconon programs restore drug and
alcohol abusers and addicts to a clean and sober lifestyle.


Web Site: http://www.stopaddiction.com

Contact Details: HC 67 Box 5
Canadian, OK 74425
1-800-468-6933
info@stopaddiction.com