Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws 2Much2Lose

OJJDP's State and Community Development Awards program was established to provide grants and cooperative agreements to organizations that OJJDP has selected for funds in prior years. This program has been authorized by an Act appropriating funds for the Department of Justice.

The goal of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Program is to support and enhance State efforts, in cooperation with local jurisdictions, to enforce laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, or the consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors. For the purpose of the program, minors are defined as individuals under 21 years of age.

Specifically, the State of Oklahoma's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (DMHSA) intends to utilize EUDL funds to address two long standing gaps in the State's underage drinking prevention efforts -- consistent and visible enforcement of youth access to alcohol laws and youth engagement in prevention. This is the second time that Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse will be administering EUDL funds. Thus, DMHSA continues to build upon the foundation established by the EUDL program, known as 2much2lose (2M2L), administered previously by the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office using an environmental prevention approach that includes data collection and application, community organizing, policy development, enforcement, and media advocacy. NCA/NCF