Teenage readers learn that alcohol's advertising-driven image of sophistication and fun are belied by its appalling reality -- that it kills more people than all illegal drugs combined, addicts one in seven of its users, and is a factor in half of all murders, suicides, accidental deaths and crimes.

Readers learn the name of the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages, what constitutes a "drink" the immediate and long-term physiological effects of drinking, and the legal consequences of underage use.

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