Recent books

Tardiff, Joseph. Teen Alcoholism, 1st ed. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008.

This book would be a useful resource for the topic of teen alcohol abuse because the book covers a broad variety of topics. It not only covers the basic effects and patterns but also how the media portrays underage drinking. The book also gives first- hand experiences of what can come of alcohol abuse. Many creditable sources contributed to the publication including the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and doctors. Joseph Tardiff is an author who has also written a book on the risks of using marijuana.

Lankford, Ronnie D. Alcohol Abuse, 1st ed. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007

The book is a collection of essays covering issues from health benefits and harm, development, impulsive decisions from alcohol abuse, advertising, and how parents should handle their children’s alcohol intake. This book would be a very useful resource because it gives both sides of the issues it covers. For example one of the essays is titled “Alcohol advertising has no effect on underage drinking” and the next is titled “Alcohol advertising promotes underage drinking”. This would be a useful resource that would allow you to write a very balanced piece. Ronnie D. Lankford has also contributed article to various other publications including The Simon Magazine.

Harvey, HaiSong . Alcohol Abuse, 1st ed. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003.

This book is a collection of essays that counter each other. The focus of this book is more on the disease of alcoholism itself and treatments. The contributing authors are doctors and psychologist in the field. Edward A. Dreyfus contributed the essay “Alcoholism is not a disease” to the book. Dr. Dreyfus is a respected physiologist in the alcohol abuse field. Thomas Curtis Chace is an alcohol abuse counselor who writes about the benefits of the Alcohol Anonymous group. This book could be useful for someone to better understand the disease of alcoholism.