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                  The sobering truth about alcohol

Think you know about alcohol? Maybe not…

These images show functional activity levels in the brain of a healthy 15-year-old male nondrinker (left), and that of a 15-year-old male heavy drinker (right). Teens who admitted to heavy drinking showed much less brain activity (visible by the absence of red color) than the nondrinkers.

Brain imaging from a study by Dr. Susan Tapert, University of California – San Diego; study funded by NIAAA and NIDA.

 

Texas high school students consistently have the worst drinking habits in the country.

  • Texas is in the top 10 for 9th-12th graders alcohol use (7th) and alcohol-impaired driving (3rd).
  • 10th-highest rate of binge drinking in the U.S.
  • Nearly one in three high school students reported riding in a car with a driver who had been drinking — the highest proportion in the country.                    Source: Centers for Disease Control, 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance study

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High Schools that Watch UR BAC has conducted programs in:

  1. ACE—Angleton High School
  2. A&M Consolidated, College Station
  3. Anderson High School, Austin
  4. Atascotia High School, Humble
  5. Athens High School
  6. Bastrop High School, Bastrop
  7. Bay City High School, Bay City
  8. Beckville High School/Gary High School (combined)
  9. Booker T. Washington High School, Houston
  10. Bowie High School, Bowie
  11. Brenham High School, Brenham
  12. Broaddus High School, Broaddus
  13. Bryan Collegiate High School, Bryan
  14. Byron Nelson High School, Trophy Club
  15. Bushland High School, Amarillo
  16. Calhoun High School, Calhoun
  17. Canadian High School, Canadian
  18. Canyon High School, Canyon
  19. Carlisle High School
  20. Carroll High School, Corpus Christi
  21. Castleberry High School, Ft. Worth
  22. CATS Academy, Angleton
  23. Center High School, Center
  24. Central Heights High School, Nacogdoches
  25. Cherokee High School
  26. Childress High School, Childress
  27. Claude High School
  28. Clear Springs High School, Clear Creek
  29. College Park High School, The Woodlands
  30. College Station High School, College Station
  31. Collinsville High School, Collinsville
  32. Colorado City High School, Colorado City
  33. Commerce High School
  34. Coppell High School
  35. Crockett High School, Crockett
  36. Crowley High School, Crowley
  37. Debakey High School, Houston
  38. Diboll High School
  39. Dubiski High School, Grand Prairie
  40. East Benard High School, East Benard
  41. Eden High School, Eden
  42. Edna High School, Edna
  43. Episcopal High School, Bellaire
  44. First Baptist School, Brownsville
  45. Fredericksburg High School, Fredericksburg
  46. Ganado High School, Ganado
  47. Gateway Academy, Houston
  48. Gilmer High School, Gilmer
  49. Gonzales High School, Gonzales
  50. Hamilton High School, Hamilton
  51. Happy High School, Happy
  52. Hargrave High School, Huffman
  53. Harper High School, Harper
  54. Hawkins High School
  55. Hays High School, Buda
  56. Health Careers High School, San Antonio
  57. Hempstead High School
  58. Hondo High School, Hondo
  59. Humble Christian School, Humble
  60. Iredell Jr and Sr. High Schools, Iredell
  61. Jefferson High School, Jefferson
  62. Joaquin High School, Joaquin
  63. Juarez Lincoln High School, Mission
  64. Kennard ISD
  65. Killeen Ellison High School, Killeen
  66. Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood
  67. Klein Collins High School, Klein
  68. Klein Oak High School, Klein
  69. La Joya ISD, McCallen
  70. La Porte High School, La Porte
  71. LaGrange High School
  72. Latexo High School, Latexo
  73. LBJ High School, Austin
  74. Lee High School, Houston
  75. Lindsay High School, Lindsay
  76. Longview High School, Longview
  77. Lumberton High School, Lumberton
  78. Madisonville High School, Madisonville
  79. Malakoff High School, Malakoff
  80. McCallum High School, Austin
  81. McCamey High School, McCamey
  82. McKinney North High School, McKinney
  83. Mercedes ISD
  84. Mexia High School, Mexia
  85. Midway High School, Waco
  86. Milano High School, Milano
  87. Montgomery High School, Montgomery
  88. Nederland High School, Nederland
  89. Nocona High School, Nocona
  90. Normangee High School, Normangee
  91. Northwest High School, Justin
  92. Ore City High School, Ore City
  93. Paint Rock High School, Paint Rock
  94. Phoenix Learning Center, San Marcos
  95. Pine Tree High School, Longview
  96. Quitman High School, Quitman
  97. Rains High School, Rains
  98. Ralls High School, Ralls
  99. Randal High School, Amarillo
  100. Rankin High School, Rankin
  101. Rio Hondo High School, Rio Hondo
  102. Round Top-Carmine, Round Top
  103. Rudder High School, Bryan
  104. Saint Jo High School, Saint Jo
  105. San Augustine High School, San Augustine
  106. San Marcos High School, San Marcos
  107. San Saba County Schools, San Saba
  108. Schulenberg High School, Schulenberg
  109. Sharpstown High School, Houston
  110. Sherman High School, Sherman
  111. Silverton High School, Silverton
  112. Snook High School, Snook
  113. South Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie
  114. Splendora High School, Splendora
  115. Spring Hill High School, Longview
  116. Spurger High School, Spurger
  117. Stephenville High School, Stephenville
  118. Tenaha High School, Tenaha
  119. Texas Challenge Academy, Eagle Lake
  120. Thrall High School, Thrall
  121. Tivy High School, Kerrville
  122. Trinidad High School, Trinidad
  123. Valley High School, Amarillo
  124. Vernon High School, Vernon
  125. Victory Place at Coppell, Coppell
  126. Waller High School, Waller
  127. Weimar High School, Weimar
  128. West Brook High School, Beaumont
  129. West Rusk ISD, New London
  130. Winona High School, Winona

 

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