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TEEN DRINKING and driving is
a complex issue, involving the
problems of impaired driving and
underage drinking.

While parents may want to
believe that children are not drink-
ing, the fact is that many young
people first sample beverage
alcohol (beer, wine, spirits) while
sul in their early teens, even’
though the legal minimum drink-
ing age is 18 or 19 in every pro-
vince, according to a recent survey.

The survey, by the Alberta
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Commission, revealed that roughly

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ounces -— in standard servings of
beer, wine and spirits. Standard
servings are 12 ounces of beer, 5
ounces of table wine, and 1%
ounces of spirits (rye, rum, vodka,
gin for example).

The message of alcohoi
equivalency is supported by such
groups us the Addiction Research
Foundation and the Ontario Pro-
vincial Police. Still, according to a
survey conducted by Canadian
Gallup Poll Ltd. in March 1986,
only 38 per cent of Canadians
know the facts about alcohol
equivalency.

higher is the myth that beer and
wine are not alcohol. Dispelling
this dangerous myth is vital to the
safety of young consumers, as beer
is the beverage alcohol of choice
among teenagers and young. The
lesson of alcohol equivalency is
that moderation is a practice, not a
beverage type.

Just as essential as the know!-
edge of alcohol equivalency is the
need to ‘‘know your limits.’’ This
means that a person should know
and observe the legal drinking limit
as well as one’s own personal
drinking limit.

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Legal intoxication is determined
by a person's blood alcohol con-
centration level (BAC), that is, the
per cent of alcohol present in that
person’s blood. An_ individual's
blood alcohol concentration is
determined by: the amount of
alcohol consumed, body weight,
time over which the alcohol was
consumed, and the amount and
type of food consumed.

LEGAL LIMIT

The legal limit in Canada is .O8
per cent.

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64 per cent of teenagers aged 12 to
19 had consumed alcohol within
the previous year.

Authorities say while there are
no easy solutions, there are steps
to be taken to counteract teenage
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According to the American
Council on Alcoholism the most
productive means of prevention is
education. The council states that
education on the topics of
alcoholism and alcoho! abuse is
currently the best known method
of creating a knowledge base on
which a teenager can decide
responsibly about drinking in the
future. Making them aware of the
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