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Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10729.html COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPING A STRATEGY TO REDUCE AND PREVENT UNDERAGE DRINKING RICHARD J. BONNIE (Chair), School of Law, University of Virginia MARILYN AGUIRRE-MOLINA, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University PHILIP J. COOK, Department of Public Policy Studies, Duke University JUDITH A. CUSHING, The Oregon Partnership, Portland JOEL W. GRUBE, Prevention Research Center, Berkeley, California BONNIE L. HALPERN-FELSHER, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco WILLIAM B. HANSEN, Tanglewood Research Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina DENISE HERD, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley ROBERT HORNIK, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia JANIS JACOBS, Undergraduate Education and International Programs, Pennsylvania State University MARK H. MOORE, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University DANIEL A. TRUJILLO, Department of Community Development and Substance Abuse Programs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MARY ELLEN O’CONNELL, Study Director JOAH IANNOTTA, Research Associate SUSAN McCUTCHEN, Research Associate ANTHONY MANN, Senior Project Assistant MICHAEL BIEHL, Consultant v Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Reducing