Underage Drinking and Alcohol

The Centers for Disease Control's Alcohol Program mission is to prevent excessive alcohol use and its impact in states and communities through public health surveillance, partnerships, and applied research for translation into public health practice.

HealthyChildren.org is the only parenting website backed by 67​,000 pediatricians (American Academy of Pediatrics) committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) MADD’s Power of Parents program empowers parents of middle school and high school students to have ongoing, intentional conversations about the dangers and consequences of underage drinking.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAAA supports and conducts research on the impact of alcohol use on human health and well-being. It is the largest funder of alcohol research in the world.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism answers many questions about alcohol including its strong effects, alcohol’s power to cause people to act and feel differently, how much is too much alcohol and why some people become addicted while others do not.

The Rethinking Drinking Website is produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), a part of the National Institutes of Health. The NIAAA is the lead U.S. agency supporting research on the causes, consequences, prevention and treatment of alcohol-related problems.