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As one of the most commonly abused legal substances in the U.S., alcohol can have significant consequences for anyone who consumes it—but particularly for children and adolescents. The 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) found that 4.6 million young people aged 12 to 17 said they had consumed alcohol in the previous year. Among small children, accidental alcohol ingestion is not unusual.
Read MoreAdolescents’ alcohol consumption has been widely discussed and researched, as have different approaches to alcohol prevention. This study aims to pilot methods for the involvement and empowerment of adolescents regarding alcohol consumption and situational abstinence and the possibilities of adolescent-created narratives in alcohol abuse prevention.
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