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Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10729.html Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous – both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks – and…

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With support from the OJJDP Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Initiative, community organizations, enforcement agencies, youth, and other concerned citizens are working collaboratively to change local ordinances and enforcement practices.     Where There’s A Will: Mississippi AG Office Blankets State with Compliance Checks In 1998, the Mississippi State Legislature took away the Alcohol Beverage…

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The OJJDP Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Initiative supports cooperation between community organizations, enforcement agencies, youth, and other concerned citizens to change local ordinances and enforcement practices.   Minnesota Youth Press for Penalties Brainerd, Minnesota’s Youth In Action and MADD chapters persuaded their city council to enact stiff penalties for outlets that sell alcohol to…

  Youth Drinking in the United States: Relationships With Alcohol Policies and Adult Drinking http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/05/26/peds.2015-0537 Pediatrics. Published online June 1, 2015 (doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-0537).This study examined whether stronger alcohol policy environments were inversely associated with youth drinking, and if this relationship was partly explained by adult drinking. Researchers assigned Alcohol Policy Scale (APS) scores that characterized…