This resource is interesting due to the design and interactivity of the design, and that it is run by the US Department of Health. In fact, this resource is geared almost exclusively for adolescents, and is meant to be a guide to resisting peer pressure and particularly risk taking that involved alcohol. The website does this by being an interactive guide with minigames that the user can partake in, and functions mostly as a method of prevention, rather than a support for those that already suffer from alcohol abuse. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the website and its target audience, it does not have additional resources or analyses, such as minority alcohol abuse or alcohol use in low income neighbourhoods. However, this resource does tie into the France article, since one of the major points of this website is how to resist peer pressure and mitigate risk taking as an adolescent. Therefore, while it may not be of much use to an adult, to an adolescent this very well may be a valuable resource after all, since it does go over the risks and dangers of alcohol in a manner that an adolescent can easily understand and relate to.
Works Cited List
“The Young Teen's place for info on alcohol
and resisting peer pressure.” Alcohol, Peer Pressure, Teenage Underage
Drinking | The Cool Spot, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
www.thecoolspot.gov/default.aspx.
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