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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). "College Drinking-Changing the Culture." College Drinking Prevention.gov. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 11 July. 2007. Web. 15 Nov. 2010 This article explains the damaging effects alcohol has on a person's liver, heart, stomach, and brain. It talks about how drinking heavily over the years causes irreversible damage to these vital organs. This article breaks the body down and specifically covers each organ that is affected by heavy alcohol use.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. "Alcohol Alert." NIAAA Publications. Oct. 2007. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. In March of 2007, the Surgeon General released a report on how to prevent and reduce underage drinking. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Underage Drinking research provided much of the scientific information found in that document. This website provides graphs and the goals of the production of the Surgeon Generals document and also includes statistics graphs that show the data clearly. The stance of the government against targeting minors is made clear by this document and it is extensively trying to make this clear throughout the reading.