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UDETC provides a variety of services to assist communities in reducing youth access to alcohol. Below is a sample of the technical assistance offered by UDETC: Assistance with underage drinking research including data research Provide expertise on community organizing and coalition building Provide tools to aid coalitions in conducting surveys, community assessments and coalition assessments Provide…

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…

Research – Spotlight-What’s Happening   Alcohol use, binge drinking continues to fall among underage, report finds http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/alcohol-use-binge-drinking-continues-to-fall-among-underage-report-finds/2015/06/10/dbdc8b4c-0f79-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html Washington Post, June 11, 2015 Making the Case for Greater Investment in Prevention http://www.healthyalcoholmarket.com/pdf/NewsletterJanuary2015.pdf Campaign for a Healthy Alcohol MarketplaceJanuary 2015 A Latent Growth Curve Analysis of Alcohol-use Specific Parenting and Adolescent Alcohol Use http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25117845 Addict Behav. 2014…

Impaired Driving   DUI Foundation – Educate and Prevent http://www.duifoundation.org/ Driving under the influence of alcohol and other impairing substances is an epidemic in our society that doesn’t appear to be going away in the near future. Effectiveness of Social Host and Fake Identification Laws on Reducing Underage Drinking Driver Fatal Crashes http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25307400 Traffic Injury…

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.   Leadership Wins Tougher Penalties in New Hampshire In Concord, New Hampshire, leaders in the community sought and won increased penalties for sales to minors….