Access To Alcohol Among Middle School Children

As far as I can tell, this study needs careful handling in terms of results. It finds "More than one-third of the alcohol consumed by these children came from their own or a friend's parents or guardians. " and links this to problem drinking later. But let's remember it's in the USA and the cultural context is important. There could be a huge difference between children who have been introduced to alcohol consumption in a European manner where its use is modelled in a controlled family environment and the illicit stealing of drinks to emulate the stupid binge drinking that treating it like a controlled substance reinforces. And that in a culture whose attitude to alcohol use is inherited, probably imho, from northern European warrior-feasting culture where excess and silly games and judgements of machismo are part of the deal. So, are there studies on the cultural contexts?

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