This Alcohol Alert describes some of the most harmful consequences of underage drinking as well as prevention and treatment approaches that can meet the unique needs of this age group.

Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other behaviors dangerous to teens and others. Yet the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and many teens find it possible and even easy to get access to alcohol. This joint report by the National Research Council and institute of Medicine proposes a comprehensive strategy to curb underage drinking, a problem that costs the nation an estimated $53 billion annually.

One out of every five American teens has used an inhalant to get high. This Partnership for a Drug-Free America guide helps inform parents about the risks of inhalant use.

This Department of Education brochure tells you what your children should know about drugs by the time they reach the third grade, ways to help your child stay drug free in the middle school years, and how to ensure that your child's school is doing its share.

Summer can mean more unsupervised time for teens, and thus an increase in new drug use. "School's Out," the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign's summer education initiative, has fact sheets, posters, postcards and an anti-drug mural guide.

Teens and their parents can find resources for dealing with stress from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

According to this January 2003 National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, exposure to secondhand smoke has decreased for children and adolescents, but kids ages 3-11 are still exposed to levels more than twice those of adults.

The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign offers step-by-step instructions on how communities and youth can plan, budget, develop and paint an anti-drug wall mural, promoting anti-drug messages and building healthy, safe and drug-free neighborhoods.

This report urges lawmakers to increase federal and state funding for prevention and treatment efforts, and public health officials to increase training for screening, diagnosis, referral and treatment. It also calls on the justice system to expand treatment and services for teens in correctional facilities, and offer more transitional and after-care services to those re-entering the community.

Many teens don't understand how drug tests work, who can require them, and whether being around drug-users, particularly marijuana smokers, can lead to positive results for non-users. To help them find the answers to their questions, the administration has put all of the information in one place.