酗酒的危险

《酗酒的危险》是1997年9月核周HarperCollins出版社出版的图书，作者是LaurencePringle。

• 书名 酗酒的危险
• 作者 Laurence Pringle
• 出版社 HarperCollins
• 出版时间 1997年9月
• 页数 128 页

　　内容简介

　　Publisher Comments:

　　府井斗植笔功预个程松愿FACT: Alcohol is the number-one drug-abuse problem for American youth.

　　FACT: Nearly a thousand high schooland co来自llege students die of acute alcoholpoisoning each year in the United Statesalone.

　　Alcohol kills, yet social drinking is such an accepted part of modern life that many young people feet pressured to dow岁斗补厚致证元音纸吗n a few brews - and more. This thought-p垂确rovoking bo功ok gives them the facts about alcoho360百科l and drinking so that they can make an educate取查收团度后d decision about one of the most important health choices of their lives.

　　Award-winnin输话丝答g author Laurence Pringle examines the serious phy茶安有况坏军站sical, mental, and emotional effects o云界促集古f alcoholism, as well as the devastating impact this addiction has on society. He reveals how the alcohol industry uses advertising to downplay the risks of drinking and t促文证长跑办o lure new customers, many of them underage. And he takes a close look at t积聚尔笑轮策示领he reasons the U.S. government's attempts to control alcohol abuse fai诉调鲁式关欢溶迅乎l - and may continue to do so.

　　This book also includes practical tips on drinking sensibly or not at all, strategies for saying no, 容至致投联块司血耐换guidelines for detecting a drinking problem, and sources of help.

　　What to do about a永种卷呢lcohol is one 功延电艺合农检乐足另of the toughest questions facing y婷电料已系级东宽跳川oung people today. And with adolescent alcoholism and binge drinking on the rise, Drinking: A Risky Business is must reading for youngsters and their parents.

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　　Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108) and index.

　　From School Library Journal

　　Grade 5-10?Seasoned social-issues 喜writer Pringle writes again about risky business. Like his Smoking (Morrow, 1996), this book opens with a history of the issue. It identifies alcohol's earliest known use and traces its development and continued used to present day. A discussion follows on alc致回部功台胜据室源味行ohol's harmful physical, mental, and emotional effects, including the devastating toll of alcoholism on individuals, families, and society. To this point, the volume is not much different from other titles on the subject, such as Judy Monroe's Alcohol (Enslow, 1994); however, Pringle's chapters on the history of the U.S. temperance movement and the economic side of the alcohol industry set his book apart. He stresses that, in addition to being risky business, alcohol is also "big business" in terms of taxation, legislation, employment, and advertising. The book concludes with a discussion of the risks of alcohol use for young people and offers practical advice on getting help with drinking problems. A variety of back-and-white photos, charts, drawings, and reproductions support the text, although some are repetitive of those found in other titles on this subject. Readable and well organized, Drinking should be useful to those seeking personal information as well as those writing reports.?

　　Sheila G. Shellabarger, Fordham Health Sciences Library, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

　　Book Dimension

　　Height (mm) 237 Width (mm) 193