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
http://www.csi-eudl.com
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
http://faceproject.org/
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
http://www.youthinaction.org
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.