How it all began...
In 2002, members of the Mesa County Sheriff's Office, Fruita Police Department and Build A Generation came together in an integrated effort to reduce underage drinking through development of The Mesa County Underage Drinking Prevention Task Force. The impetus for this task force was the 60 transports to the emergency room during the 2001 County Jam Music Festival and only three underage drinking citations issued.
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In 2002, members of the Mesa County Sheriff's Office, Fruita Police Department and Build A Generation came together in an integrated effort to reduce underage drinking through development of The Mesa County Underage Drinking Prevention Task Force. The impetus for this task force was the 60 transports to the emergency room during the 2001 County Jam Music Festival and only three underage drinking citations issued.
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» To Report Underage Drinking, Call the Hotline: 1-877-NO BINGE
Underage Prevention Task Force: 970.248.6924
Underage Prevention Task Force: 970.248.6924
09/08/09
[While looking for Pop Tarts at a friend's house, Jessi Danner, then only 10, found a bag of cocaine in a drawer. "There's this little baggie and she's like, 'I have seen this in movies. You shove it up your nose' – and so that's what we did," recalled Danner. >> more ]
[While looking for Pop Tarts at a friend's house, Jessi Danner, then only 10, found a bag of cocaine in a drawer. "There's this little baggie and she's like, 'I have seen this in movies. You shove it up your nose' – and so that's what we did," recalled Danner. >> more ]
08/26/09
[A new study released Wednesday morning from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University says teens who have seen a parent drunk are more likely to get drunk, use marijuana, and smoke cigarettes. >> more ]
[A new study released Wednesday morning from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University says teens who have seen a parent drunk are more likely to get drunk, use marijuana, and smoke cigarettes. >> more ]
08/27/09
[Most teens are not regular drinkers, but those who do drink on a monthly basis are frequently imbibing in order to get drunk, according to a key finding of the 2009 Teen Survey released today from The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. >> more ]
[Most teens are not regular drinkers, but those who do drink on a monthly basis are frequently imbibing in order to get drunk, according to a key finding of the 2009 Teen Survey released today from The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. >> more ]
06/24/09
[A Penn State researcher says that parents who let teens drink alcohol may be setting their kids up for binge drinking in college, but the study by Caitlin Abar of the school's Prevention Research and Methodology Center makes no distinction between parents who simply let kids drink some wine during meals and those whose permissiveness extends to drinking outside the home. >> more ]
[A Penn State researcher says that parents who let teens drink alcohol may be setting their kids up for binge drinking in college, but the study by Caitlin Abar of the school's Prevention Research and Methodology Center makes no distinction between parents who simply let kids drink some wine during meals and those whose permissiveness extends to drinking outside the home. >> more ]
05/15/09
[2009 Youth Activity Guide is available For a print copy of the guide call 248-6924 or download a PDF copy in the resources section of our website. >> more ]
[2009 Youth Activity Guide is available For a print copy of the guide call 248-6924 or download a PDF copy in the resources section of our website. >> more ]
