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Works Cited 1.Stainback, Robert D., Alcohol and Sport; New York; Braun-Brumfield, 1997 2.Moses, Donald A., Are you Driving your Children to Drink? Coping with Teenage Alcohol and Drug Abuse. ; New York; Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975 3.Englebardt, Stanley L., Kids and Alcohol the Deadliest Drug. ; New York; Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, 1975 4.Filstead, William J., Alcohol and Alcohol Problems: New Thinking and New Directions. ; Cambridge, Mass.; Ballinger Publishing Company, 1976 5.Goodwin, Donald., Is Alcoholism Hereditary?; New York ; Oxford University Press, 1982 Brett Potter Education Paper April 30, 1999 Alcohol use by teenagers Alcohol use by High School and middle school or Junior high school kids is on the rise. Many different reasons are blamed for this reason, parents, peer pressure, or just because the students want to escape their every day problems. The numbers for High school Seniors was at a all time low but started to increase in 1992. The number of High School students who admitted to consuming five or more drinks, which is considered binge drinking, went from a all time high in 1980 of 41% to a low of 28% in 1992.