For many teens, adults contribute to underage drinking. A government survey has found that of the 10.8 million underage drinkers in the United States, 40 percent obtained free alcohol from an adult in the past month.

Jacqui Smith MP, UK Labour's Home Secretary, has outlined tougher police powers and called for parents and the drinks industry to play their part in preventing young people and teenage drinking in public.

Warnings that alcohol and driving don’t mix are generally targeted at adults or high school students, but a new University of Georgia study finds that some middle schoolers in rural areas are drinking and driving as well.

The motto heard around the country this week will be: “Don’t serve alcohol to teens. It’s unsafe. It’s illegal. It’s irresponsible.” The We Don’t Serve Teens message will be promoted through public service announcements in national newspapers, national and regional magazine ads, over 3000 billboards, more than 1000 radio ads, as well as television ads, and other promotions.

Efforts to halt underage drinking often focus on peer pressure and the prevention of risky behaviors, but the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is undertaking a new federally funded project to give middle-school children a science-based understanding of what can happen to them if they use alcohol.

As schools reopen around the country, a new study finds that parents and teachers should pay attention to alcohol prevention starting as early as fourth grade.