National Overview

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.   Concerned Parent Gets Keg Registration for Rhode Island Rhode Island’s Legislature has passed keg registration, adding the State to a growing number who have adopted the policy….

April 22, 2010 3:00 – 4:15 p.m. EST Parties on Wheels: Responding to the Enforcement Challenges of “Booze Buses” In some college communities “booze buses” sponsored by alcohol establishment corral underage drinkers from college dorms taking them to and from the downtown bars under the thin guise of a “safe ride” program. Elsewhere buses, aided…

The number of arrests for sales to minors and for underage drinking doubled from 30 in a two-month period last year to 60 in the same period this year. Six of those arrests came when police broke up a house party in which five teens were charged with underage drinking and one adult was charged…

Resource Materials (See resource lists in Training Center documents for more resource materials.) Limitations on Access to Alcohol: Enforcing the underage drinking laws program: A compendium of resources, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), 1999. Available from: National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Online version: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/compendium99/contents.html Keeping alcohol away from underage youth: Policy…

The following section contains sample materials for communities and coalitions that the UDETC and/or communities have used to increase support for underage drinking enforcement efforts and improved compliance with minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws. Please feel free to modify them to fit your own community’s needs. If you have any questions about how to…

  Youth Initiative Description: Description:In 2008, the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) launched the UDETC National Youth Initiative. The goal of the UDETC National Youth initiative is to provide youth (ages 14-17) with effective prevention tools and strong leadership skills to support their work toward implementing successful environmental prevention. Empowerment is the core of…