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Alcohol use and abuse among high school students is a problem that is demanding more of the attention of practitioners because many adolescent alcohol drinkers, particularly within social contexts, are binge drinkers (Stewart, 2002). Mason and Windle (2002), Stewart (2002), and Perry, Williams, Komro, and Veblen-Mortenson (2002) have collectively asserted that an ecological level of analysis conceptualization of the alcohol use and abuse problem among adolescents is essential in gaining a keener appreciation of the impact of PsycCRITIQUES- Harm Reduction Interventions With Alcohol-Consuming Middle and Late Adolescents familial, institutional, and environmental variables on underage alcohol access and its subsequent use and abuse. This APA video focuses on harm reduction interventions with high school students and is a logical extension of the aforementioned work. Harm reduction, according to Mary Larimer of the University of Washington at Seattle, is a way of managing risk behavior that is both pragmatic and nonjudgmental. Adolescents will experiment and use alcohol particularly within social settings. Alcohol, if not used in moderation, has the potential of being abused. It is not productive to use shame or guilt as a strategy to reduce or eliminate the use of alcohol from the adolescent's behavioral repertoire. Instead, it is far more advantageous to provide adolescents with information and problem-solving strategies that empower them to make more informed decisions concerning their alcohol use in the future. At the core of harm reduction interventions is the combined work of G. Alan Marlatt (1996