Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes educational courses to be taught in school for grades 1-12 about alcohol, substances, and the associated dangers of each in Califnornia.

Highlights:

• Requires the above-described instruction on the nature and effects of alcohol to include information about excessive alcohol use and the short-term and long-term health risks of excessive alcohol use (Sec. 1). 

• Requires this instruction to include information about excessive drinking, the immediate effects of alcohol that increase the risks of harmful health conditions, and how excessive alcohol use can lead to the development of chronic diseases and other serious problems (Sec. 1).

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