Kristin Deasy: Information and misinformation about alcohol

Published July 4, 2006 4:00am ET



With the Fourth of July holiday here, many people will be grilling ? and drinking. Some of those people will be underage.

America has been largely misinformed on underage drinking. In the 1990s, The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) released a startling press statement: “Children Drink 25 Percent of Alcohol Consumed in the U.S.”

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