following web sites offer information and examples of programs combating
underage drinking:
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Action
on Alcohol & Teens (AAT)
http://www.winternet.com/~martinez/index.html
This network of Minnesota citizens works to reduce youth access to alcohol.
AAT is seeking to change state and local policies that would hold both
merchants and other adults accountable for selling or giving alcohol to
underage persons. The web site includes information about the program
and its strategies, and includes a compilation of fact sheets and resources
on youth access to alcohol.
The
Century Council
http://www.centurycouncil.org/
The Century Council supports a variety of initiatives that advance strategies
to reduce underage drinking and youth access to alcohol. The Council’s
web site has pages devoted to enforcement efforts, such as Cops In Shops
and the Front Lines program (promotional materials for minimum purchase
age awareness and enforcement). The site further describes the Council’s
involvement in efforts to pass zero tolerance laws and legislation allowing
administrative license revocation for the prevention of impaired driving.
Educational programs for parents, teens, and college students are also
featured at this web site.
Community Support Initiative (CSI) for Underage Drinking
The Community Support Initiative for Enforcing
Underage Drinking Laws (CSI-EUDL) was formulated by Community Health
Associates to contract with the Oregon Department of Human Services, Office
of Metal Health & Addiction Services (OMHAS) to organize and help facilitate
community training opportunities for law enforcement and community members
throughout the state of OR who are interested in addressing underage
drinking within their communities. The trainings specifically focus on
compliance check investigations and party prevention & controlled dispersal
initiatives.
DSHS Division of Alcohol and Substance
Abuse/ Prevention
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/dasa
The Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse promotes
strategies that support healthy lifestyles by preventing the misuse of
alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, and support recovery from the disease of
chemical dependency.
FACE:
Truth and Clarity about Alcohol
The FACE (Facing Alcohol Concerns through Education) web site describes
the organization’s focus on media development, training, and advocacy.
Links to the product catalog and order form provide access to videos,
commercials, outdoor advertising, and print materials that address the
health and safety risks associated with alcohol. These media, and FACE
training sessions as well, may be of particular interest to those working
in the area of community norms.
MADD Youth In Action
In 1996, MADD announced its new partnership with concerned youth to
combat underage drinking and the #1 drug problem among youth in America —
ALCOHOL. Lack of enforcement of the 21 drinking age laws, easy access to
alcohol, irresponsible alcohol marketing practices, lack of youth
education and prevention programs, and parents who condone underage
drinking as a “rite of passage” all contribute to alcohol being
the number one drug of choice among youth today. In response, MADD has
developed a community based youth program called Youth In Action (YIA).
With the help of the Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the Pacific Institute for Research and
Evaluation (PIRE), MADD currently has YIA teams in almost fifty
communities across the country. These teams of young people are working on
projects that are helping to reduce the availability of alcohol to minors.
updated 01/13/04
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