An article in Psychology Today by Stephen Gray Wallace, President and Director of the Center for Adolescent Research & Education (CARE), addresses the nation’s ambivalence about youth alcohol use. He highlights the “profound lack of awareness of the costs of underage drinking and the physical, social, and emotional toll it can take” and notes IBH’s research findings that for youth, the use of alcohol is closely connected to the use of cigarettes (nicotine), marijuana, and other drugs. One solution to the ambivalence to youth substance use is the clear health standard offered by IBH’s One Choice prevention message: no use of any alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, or other drugs by those under age 21 for reasons of health.
“Focused on adolescent health and rooted in the unique vulnerability of the developing brain, the One Choice message supports all other prevention messages and can be integrated into another prevention programming.”
Read the full article in Psychology Today.