AAP News Vol. 13 No. 10 October 1997, p. 22
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Managing the teen who has experimented with alcohol

Adolescent Health Update Editorial Board

Q. In the course of a routine health maintenance visit, a 17-year-old patient told me he had been drunk once four months before, and had driven home without incident after that episode. He has since consumed alcohol, but not been intoxicated, and each time he has been driven he definitely will not drink and drive again.

The patient says he used no other drugs, is doing well in school, participates in extracurricular activities and has a nice group of friends. Should I talk to his parents about the instance when he did endanger self and others by driving home after drinking? How should I approach him and his parents, whom I know to be very involved and concerned?