Retaining 21 as the Minimum Legal Drinking Age
…The facts do not support their argument. The facts surrounding the consequences of lowering the drinking age in the U.S. during the 1970s, the recent lowering of the drinking age in New Zealand and the drinking patterns exhibited by European countries with already lower drinking ages prove the proposal to be ill-advised. At least 50 peer-reviewed MLDA studies concur that…
How Do Teens Get Alcohol?
…and initiatives exist to help communities prevent underage drinking and social hosting. Communities can provide alternative recreational activities to drinking, so that youth have alcohol-free ways to enjoy their free time. Communities should have social host liability laws, enforce those laws, and communicate about them to prevent underage drinking, heavy drinking, and drinking and driving. These laws should hold parents…
New bill aims to close ‘social host’ loophole in underage drinking in Wisconsin
Know! To Prevent Underage Drinking
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Funds Awarded to Local Ohio Communities to Reduce Underage Drinking
…at the helm, this campaign exists to educate parents about the health and safety risks of allowing underage drinking to occur and to increase awareness of and compliance with Ohio’s Underage Drinking Laws. The Parents Who Host, Lose The Most, Don’t be a party to teenage drinking campaign is made available by support from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and…
How Alcohol Companies Target Young People
…alcohol products to youth are all strategies advocates can pursue to prevent underage drinking. What Colleges Can Do to Prevent Alcohol Ads from Influencing Young People Colleges and universities can provide safe, healthy environments in which their students can thrive. That includes setting and enforcing campus rules on alcohol use and underage drinking. Let students know that underage drinking and…
Alcohol Misuse Prevention Toolkit
…in Preventing Underage Drinking and Social Hosting\n\n Parent’s Role in Preventing Underage Drinking and Social Hosting\n\n Social Media Content\n\n Low Risk Drinking Guidelines | General\n\n Low Risk Drinking Guidelines | Seasonal Sets\n\n Prevent Underage Drinking | General and Coalitions\n\n Social Media Guide\n\n Evidence-Based Alcohol Prevention & Risk Reduction Resources\n\n Explore trusted, evidence-based resources to prevent harmful alcohol use, reduce risk,…
Ohio College Presidents Meet
…Drug-Free Action Alliance Executive Director Patricia Harmon expressed her gratitude for their partnership in the Ohio College Initiative to Reduce High-Risk Drinking. For the second year in a row, Shawnee State University President Rita Rice-Morris, Ph.D. is serving as the Honorary Chair of the Ohio College Initiative to Reduce High-Risk Drinking. She challenged her peers to “start the conversation again…
Parents Who Host 2010 Kickoff
…the Most: Don’t be a party to teenage drinking Campaign (a program of Drug-Free Action Alliance) by addressing a group of high school students and their parents on the subject of underage drinking. Kellogg talked about the important and influential role parents play in their children’s decisions surrounding alcohol. He discussed both the health and safety issues that accompany underage…
Parents Who Host Lose the Most
Parents Who Host Lose the Most\n\n A public health media campaign designed by Prevention Action Alliance, Parents Who Host Lose The Most helps you prevent underage drinking in your community.\n\n It reinforces everyone’s responsibility to promote healthy choices in your community. Its key message reminds parents that it is unsafe, unhealthy, and unacceptable—and, in many communities, illegal—to provide alcohol for underage youth. It decreases young…
Know! to Have “The Alcohol Talk”
…conversations matter. Adults are often the biggest influence on whether teens choose to drink. Open, honest conversations help young people understand that you care about their well-being and that you don’t support underage drinking.\n\n What Not to Do (Even If It Feels Right)\n\n It’s not always easy to know what to say about underage drinking. Unfortunately, some common approaches that…
Early Alcohol Use Raises Likelihood of Later Alcohol Abuse
…imperative that we keep young people from drinking as long as possible.” According to the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, in 2009, 16.2% of all alcohol consumed in the United States were by underage youth, totaling over $23 million. It was also reported that underage drinking cost the United States over…