Underage Drinking Prevention Task Force
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The Problem of Teenage Drinking and Alcoholism...

While alcoholism in its truest form is normally the province of older people, there are an alarming number teenagers and even younger children who have alcohol issues.

It's a big issue in the press; the frequency and infamy of binge drinking amongst young people and the explosion of underage drinking makes appalling headlines. But the headlines only really show part of the issue.

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In The News

02/02/12

[ Candy usually is candy, but for one day at three Napa high schools, the sweets were also a message >> more ]
02/02/12

[A rite of passage for some adolescents and teenagers, drinking to excess is on the radar of the Woodland Park Police Department. >> more ]
02/01/12

[TODAY, I am taking the liberty of devoting my column to a question that I feel is not, and has not been, asked often enough: As a community, what do we do about underage drinking? >> more ]
01/31/12

[Throughout the day, teens come across many venues that promote alcohol. There are television shows that make it fun, movies that make it sophisticated and music that endorses it, but at the end of the day, every teen should know the real facts about underage alcohol use. >> more ]
01/30/12

[Recent incidents in California and Illinois highlight how law enforcement is cracking down on parents hosting alcohol-filled parties for their teens, but Sunset Bay Academy explains the hidden dangers parents may miss as they try to contain underage drinking. Those who let their teens drink may be putting them at higher risk of dependency. >> more ]
01/26/12

[Officials are launching a week of central Illinois activities about the role of parents in preventing underage drinking. >> more ]
01/24/12

[The 2007-08 school year was a rough one on Minnesota's college campuses, when four young people died as a result of binge drinking. These tragedies, fortunately, prompted some constructive dialogue and aggressive action to combat underage drinking and discourage binge drinking among college students. Since then, we're not aware of a single binge-drinking fatality on a college campus in Minnesota. >> more ]
01/20/12

[A 20-year-old Centerville man was charged Thursday with underage drinking after police found him in possession of a baggie of gummy-bear candies soaked in alcohol, Miami Twp. police said. >> more ]
01/12/12

[Student members of teen group Action for Reaction partnered with local liquor stores to remind adults about underage drinking laws. >> more ]
01/10/12

[While the story of young lives lost or forever altered [“Man who fled Olney crash gets 20 years,” Metro, Jan. 6] provided a number of teachable moments for parents of teenagers — from the consequences of underage drinking and drunk driving to parents’ liabilities for the same unlawful actions — there remains the most practical and real-life lesson that every parent should impart: No one should ever ride with a drunk driver. >> more ]
All of those things that you absolutely would not wish on your child come from underage alcohol use.