Lower Drinking Age Won’t End Binge Drinking
Canon City Daily Record, (USA)  8/27/2008
The 100 or so university presidents, including Butler’s Bobby Fong, who have called for a national discussion about lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 are certainly right about one thing: The prevalence of binge drinking on college campuses is a health and safety issue of staggering proportions. But is it really a good idea to push the legal standard for consumption to 18, an age when many students are still in high school? Would a lower drinking age provide younger teens with easier access to alcohol? Is there sufficient scientific research to support a legal change that could have significant ramifications for the well being of millions of young people?

Extreme teenage drinking a growing problem?
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, (CA)  8/26/2008
The girl in May and the boy in July tapped unknown shoulders at grocery stores and persuaded adults to buy the booze. The teens each drank at least 20 ounces, the equivalent of about 13 shots, and suffered alcohol poisoning so severe that medical officials feared for their survival.

HSU takes firm stand on legal drinking age
Times-Standard, (CA)  8/25/2008
With the school year starting up for colleges across the country, at least 129 schools have weighed in on lowering the legal drinking age, with Humboldt State University taking a firm stance against the idea.

BSU not interested in age 18 alcohol sales
Indianapolis Star, (IN)  8/22/2008
Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora won't join a group of fellow college presidents in signing a national initiative to lower the drinking age, saying there is no "compelling evidence" that changing the age limit would prevent underage drinkers from consuming alcohol in dangerous ways.

Stadiums Sell Alcohol to Underage, Intoxicated Fans, Study Says
Bloomberg.com, (US)  8/21/2008
Actors posing as drunken sports fans successfully bought alcohol from U.S. stadium vendors almost nine out of 10 tries, according to a University of Minnesota study.

At the old beer game
Minneapolis Star Tribune, (MN)  8/21/2008
Metrodome beer vendor Jeff Scroggins knows a drunk fan when he sees one: slurring words, avoiding eye contact, trying to mask how much he or she has had. He said he won't sell them any of the $6.75 bottles he carries through the stands.

College Presidents Seek Debate On Drinking Age
MSNBC.com, (US)  8/19/2008
The president of the University of Maryland is one of more than 100 college presidents who are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18.

21 Drinking Age Law Saves Nearly 1,000 Lives Each Year
DUI Daily, (NV)  8/18/2008
An estimated 25,000 people are alive today because of the 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA). Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) applauds the work of Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) as well as the late Representative James J. Howard (D-NJ) who helped pass this life-saving law, which was signed into law 24 years ago today. Since its passage, there have been significant declines in deaths on the roads and off the roads.

Alcohol Industry Targets Latino Teens
Al Día, (PA)  8/15/2008
“Hispanic young people are more likely to drink and get drunk at an earlier age than non- Hispanic white or African American young people”- The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY)2003. It was noted by the same source that alcohol use contributes to the tragically shortened lives of many of our young. The three leading causes of death for Latino 12-20 year olds are unintentional injuries (including car crashes) homicide and suicide, alcohol is a major factor in all of them. The CDC reports that Hispanic teens are more likely to make a plan about how they would attempt suicide and then actually attempt to carry it out. The misuse of alcohol is taking a deadly toll on the young.

Acting surgeon general to address alcohol issues at MSU
KPAX-TV, (MT)  8/15/2008
The acting surgeon general of the United States will visit Montana State University Wednesday to discuss collegiate alcohol abuse.

Kids battle beer giant
Portsmouth Herald News, (NH)  8/14/2008
"Hey Bud, what's your fear? Do you want kids to drink your beer?" Approximately 60 members of the Dover Youth to Youth program shouted their message downtown for two hours on Wednesday afternoon — a day after some program members had a confrontation with an Anheuser-Busch representative for the group's placement of stickers on beer containers.

Teens with a Message
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com, (NY)  8/14/2008
Malondra Jefferson, 15, and Calvin Mitchell, 16, are teens with a message. This month, they will take that message all the way to Nashville, Tenn. The teens are part of the Syracuse Prevention Network's SQUAD, or Students Questioning Underage Drinking, a group that warns teens against drugs and underage drinking by giving presentations in local middle schools and high schools.

Underage drinking declines
Cincinnati.com, (OH)  8/13/2008
Underage drinking by Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky students has dropped by a third since 2000, a new survey on drug and alcohol use finds.

Have you had the talk about drinking?
Jackson Clarion Ledger, (MS)  8/12/2008
The little kids went back to school last week. Next week, the big kids - college students - will start classes in their all-grown-up fashion of being out of the house and no longer under the watchful eye of parents. Just like their first day of kindergarten, parents will send them off and try to hold back tears of both joy and sadness as their "babies" head off to college.

Tavis J. Glassman: Collaboration is the key to combatting binge drinking
The Gainesville Sun, (FL)  8/12/2008
Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration! After leaving my position as Coordinator of Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention at the University of Florida I began to reflect about the successes and challenges of past and present.

City, college receive underage drinking grant money
WHP CBS 21 NEWS (PA)  8/8/2008
York College is getting nearly $12,000 in grants to prevent underage drinking. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board awarded the money. The board is also giving another $11,000 dollars to the York City Police Department for the same thing.

Run focuses on drug prevention
Livingston Daily (MI)  8/8/2008
The sixth annual Run Drugs Out of Town Run is back with a focus on underage drinking. Set to take place Sept. 13 at Howell City Park, residents are invited to participate in a 10K (6.2-mile) run, 5K (3.1-mile) run/walk and a Kids Fun Run to raise awareness of underage drinking.

Church to get $10,000 grant to fight underage drinking
The Virginian-Pilot (VA)  8/7/2008
The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control plans to award $10,000 to a local organization today to help fight underage drinking

University of Florida policy could curb party school image
Sun-Sentinel (FL)  8/7/2008
The nation's top party school could turn into a party pooper, some University of Florida students fear. Just more than a week after the Princeton Review cited UF as the best place to party, the university revised its alcohol policy, specifically prohibiting some popular college-drinking activities.

Combating underage drinking
The Milford Daily News (MA)  8/6/2008
Parents need to be proactive with their children in communicating the effects of underage drinking, a specialist told a group of residents at Milford Town Library last night.

Council motion supports underage drinking enforcement by police dept.
The Chadron Record (SD)  8/6/2008
Spurred in part by a recent controversy regarding the resignation of the Chadron Legion Baseball coach, the Chadron City Council went on record Monday in support of the police department’s efforts for enforcement of underage drinking laws.

Collaboration is the key to combatting binge drinking
The Gainesville Sun (FL)  8/5/2008
Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration! After leaving my position as Coordinator of Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention at the University of Florida I began to reflect about the successes and challenges of past and present.

Underage drinking data to be shared
The Journal Star (IL)  8/5/2008
Woodford County officials tonight will release results of an underage drinking survey of area students and detail plans to curb alcohol use among the young demographic. The results of the surveys - given to all sixth-, eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders in the county - are part of a follow-up to the town-hall style meeting on underage drinking prevention conducted in April at Eureka College.

Collaborative targets youth drinking
The Salem News Online (MA)  8/4/2008
It takes more than money to combat the city's underage drinking and substance abuse problems, it takes cooperation, according to Mayor Michael Bonfanti.

Cracking down on underage drinking
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, (FL)  8/3/2008
If you plan to purchase an adult beverage in the near future, keep your picture identification handy. And if you are well over 21 and get "carded" be flattered, not frustrated.

An Ounce of Prevention
Wagoner Tribune, (OK)  7/31/2008
Homework, driving, part-time jobs, hanging out with friends - typical activities for most 17-year-olds. In reality, drinking alcohol should be added to that list of activities.

Underage Drinking Prevention Campaign Begins
WOWK, (WV)  7/31/2008
Multiple agencies kick off an underage drinking prevention campaign.

Some teens say new driving laws won't help
My Record Journal, (CT)  7/30/2008
As people waited at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Wethersfield Friday, the sound of idle chatter filled the room. Standing in line clutching their paperwork were several anxious teenagers hoping to get their driver's permits before Connecticut's new teen driving laws take effect Aug. 1. Their parents stood by their side

Surgeon General to Visit Butte in August
RedOrbit, (TX)  7/30/2008
Acting Surgeon General Dr. Steven Galson will visit Montana in August. He will talk about issues related to underage drinking, a problem he has focused on since his placement in the position in October 2007.

Effort aims to reduce underage drinking
The Herald-Dispatch, (WV)  7/29/2008
Officials and advocates throughout the county are teaming up to fight underage drinking.

Platform plank: Dems want to lower drinking age to 18
Helena Air, (MT)  7/29/2008
If 18-year-olds can join the military service, they ought to be allowed to legally drink alcoholic beverages before they turn 21, a divided Montana Democratic Party platform convention decided Saturday.