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References

1. Durbin, D-A. Twenty-First Birthday Cards Working at Michigan State. Associated Press, July 10, 2002; USA Today, July 11, 2002, 6-A.

2. Gilbert, Jeffrey. Bill would put lid on birthday binges: Measure aims to stop midnight rite of passage on 21st birthday. Houston Chronicle, January 23, 2005.

3. Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2001; also see www.latimes.com/

4. Foley, Kristie Long, et al. Adults’ approval and adolescents’ alcohol use. Journal of Adolescent Healthy, 2004, 35(4), 345-346.

5. Hanson, David J. Preventing Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol, Culture and Control. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995.

Readings

Berkowitz, A. D., and Perkins, H. W. Current Issues in Effective Alcohol Education. In: Sherwood, J. S. (Ed.) Alcohol Policies and Practices on College and University Campuses. Washington, DC: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, 1987.

Chauncey, Robert L. New careers for moral entrepreneurs: Teenage drinking. Journal of Drug Issues, 1980, 45-70.

Commission on Substance Abuse at Colleges and Universities. Rethinking Rites of Passage: Substance Abuse on American Campuses. New York: Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 1994. [Note: An investigative reporter has documented that material in this report is unsubstantiated, of highly questionable accuracy, or misleading.]

Davis, James E. Alcohol use among college students: Responses to raising the purchase age. Journal of American College Health, 1990, 38, 263.

Department of Health and Human Services. Youth and Alcohol: Laws and Enforcement - Is the 21-Year-Old Drinking Age a Myth? Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services, 1991.

Engs, Ruth C., and Hanson, David J. Reactance theory: A test with collegiate drinking. Psychological Reports, 1989, 64, 1083-108.

Glassner, B., and Berg, B. How Jews avoid drinking problems. American Sociological Review, 1980, 45, 646-664.

Globetti, Gerald. Prohibition Norms and Teenage Drinking. In: Ewing, J. A., and Rouse, Beatrice A. (eds.) Drinking Alcohol in American Society - Issues and Current Research. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, Inc., 1978. pp. 159-170.

Graham, J. W., et al. Social influence processes affecting adolescent substance use. Journal of Applied Psychology, 1991, 76(2).

Greeley, A. M., et al. Ethnic Drinking Subcultures. New York: Praeger, 1980.

Graham, J. W., et al. Preventing alcohol, marijuana and cigarette use among adolescents: Peer pressure resistance training versus establishing conservative norms. Preventive Medicine, 1991, 20.

Haines, Michael P. A Social Norms Approach to Preventing Binge Drinking at Colleges and Universities. Newton, MA: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, 1996. [This very important and useful book is available free by calling 1-800-676-1730.]

Haines, Michael P., and Spear, A. F. Changing the perceptions of the norm: A strategy to decrease binge drinking among college students. Journal of American College Health, 1996, 45, 134-140.

Hanson, D. J. Preventing Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol, Culture and Control. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1995.

Hanson, D. J. Alcohol Education: What We Must Do. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1996.

Hanson, D. J., and Engs, R. C. Drinking Behavior: Taking Personal Responsibility. In: Venturelli, P. J. (Ed.) Drug Use in America: Social, Cultural, and Political Perspectives. Boston, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett, 1994. Pp. 175-181.

Heath, D. B. Cross-Cultural Studies of Alcohol Use. In: Galanter, M. (Ed.) Recent Developments in Alcoholism. (v. 2) New York: Plenum, 1984. Pp. 405-415.

Heath, D. B. An Anthropological View of Alcohol and Culture in International Perspective. In: Heath, D. B. (Ed.) International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture. London, England: Greenwood, 1998. Pp. 328-347.

Levine, H. G. Temperance Cultures: Alcohol as a Problem in Nordic and English-Speaking Cultures. In: Lader, M., et al. The Nature of Alcohol and Drug-Related Problems. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. 16-36.

Lolli, G., et al. Alcohol in Italian Culture. Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press, 1958.

Moskowitz, Joel M. The primary prevention of alcohol problems: A critical review of the research literature. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1989, 50, 54-88.

Murgoff, , V., White, D., and Phillips, K. Moderating binge drinking. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 1996, 31(6), 577.

Peele, S. Utilizing culture and behavior in epidemiological models of alcohol consumption and consequences for Western nations. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 1997, 32, 51-64.

Peele, S., and Brodsky, A. Alcohol and Society: How Culture Influences the Way People Drink. San Francisco, California: Wine Institute, 1996, pamphlet.

Sculenberg, J., et al. Getting drunk and growing up: Trajectories of frequent binge drinking during the transition to young adulthood. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1996, 57(3), 289.

Snyder, C. R. Alcohol and the Jews: A Cultural Study of Drinking and Sobriety. Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press, 1958.