Display Settings:   Send to:  Choose Destination J Drug Educ.
2008;38(3):273-84.  Differences in drinking behavior and access
to alcohol between Native American and white adolescents.
Prevention Research Center, Berkeley, California 94704, USA.
bfriese@prev.org   We investigated differences in drinking
behaviors and sources of alcohol among Native American (n=361)
and White adolescents (n=1735), ages 11 to 19. Native American
youth were more likely to have consumed alcohol in their
lifetime and been intoxicated in the last 30 days than Whites.
Native American drinkers were almost twice as likely to have
gotten alcohol from an adult and twice as likely to have
obtained alcohol from someone under 21. White drinkers were four
times as likely to have obtained alcohol from their parents.
Youth did not differ in access to alcohol from other social
sources. Because youth access alcohol from different social
sources, strategies to limit access must consider these
differences. This study underscores the importance o