Underage Drinking Prevention Task Force
Cold Hard Facts
There are better ways to communicate...here are some suggestions

Get the conversation going...
  • Point out alcohol-related situations going on in your community. Use newspaper headlines or TV news stories as a conversation starter.

  • Look at advertisements with your kids, and ask them what they think.

  • Watch TV and movies with your kids. If there is an alcohol related situation, ask your child how did the program make them feel about alcohol?

  • Surf the net with your kids and talk about sites you find that address underage drinking.

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» To Report Underage Drinking, Call the Hotline: 1-877-NO BINGE
Underage Prevention Task Force: 970.248.6924
In The News

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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
05/15/09

[11 News delivers on promise to help educate teens on underage drinking dangers >> more ]
04/14/09

[KKCO launches "Under the Influence" section on their Web site. >> more ]
04/07/09

[Liquor Stores Cracking Down On Under Age Drinking >> more ]
All of those things that you absolutely would not wish on your child come from underage alcohol use.