State and Local Resources for Information on Underage Drinking

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute
University of Washington
3937 15th Avenue NE.
Seattle, WA 98105-6696
206-543-0937
206-543-5473 (Fax)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.depts.washington.edu/adai

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute is a multidisciplinary research center located at the University of Washington. The Institute supports, facilitates, and disseminates research in the field of alcohol and drug abuse. Research projects include Alcohol Abuse in Urban Indian Adolescents and Women, Evaluation Plan for Adolescent Detox, and Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration. The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute supports ongoing research projects and produces research papers on current alcohol abuse issues.

Alcohol Epidemiology Program (AEP)
1300 South Second Street, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015
612-624-1818
612-624-0315 (Fax)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol

AEP is a research program within the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Its mission is to conduct advanced research to discover effective community and policy interventions to reduce alcohol-related social and health problems. AEP's recent projects have included studies of adolescent drinking and alcohol-involved traffic crashes, community prevention trials, training of alcohol outlet managers and servers, and natural experiments with changes in State and local alcohol policies. AEP's report, Alcohol Policies in the United States: Highlights From the States, is available on its Web site. AEP receives funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Alliance Against Underage Drinking
P.O. Box 80529
Austin, TX 78708-0529.
Internet: www.2young2drink.com

The Alliance Against Underage Drinking is a coalition of more than 45 public and private organizations committed to providing Texas youth, parents, and communities with the information and resources toprevent underage drinking. Its Web site has Help for Parents and Youth View sections and links to organizations appropriate for youth and adults. The Youth View section includes information about alcohol, where to find help, and how to get involved in prevention efforts. The Help for Parents section includes information on how to talk to children about alcohol, what signs of youth alcohol use to look for, where to seek help, and ways to get involved.

Connecticut Clearinghouse
334 Farmington Avenue
Plainville, CT 06062
800-232-4424
860-793-9813 (Fax)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.ctclearinghouse.org

The Connecticut Clearinghouse is the State's resource center for information about alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and related issues affecting mental health and wellness.

The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.
6045 Atlantic Boulevard
Norcross, GA 30071-1304
770-239-7442
770-239-7443 (fax)
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.LiveDrugFree.org

The Council on Alcohol and Drugs is a nonprofit agency that works to prevent problems related to the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Four prevention-strategy teams and two business teams deliver the agency's products, programs, and services. The Council's training programs include prevention education aimed at youth ages 11 to 17 and their parents.

Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC)
Indiana University
Creative Arts Building, Room 110
2735 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47408-2606
812-855-1237 or 800-346-3077 (Indiana only)
812-855-4940 (fax)
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.drugs.indiana.edu/

IPRC's INFOsite is one of the Internet's largest drug prevention Web sites, with more than 9,000 full-text documents, 14,500 links, and 15,000 entries in searchable databases. The Web site provides information about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, describes programs to prevent their abuse, and presents extensive statistical data. Fact sheets and other documents about impaired driving, underage drinking, binge drinking, and college-age drinking can be downloaded from the site. IPRC is Indiana's officially designated Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource (RADAR) Network State Center.

Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (MATTC)
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
816-482-1100
816-482-1101 (fax)
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.mattc.org

MATTC is a center for curriculum design and development, education, and training for professionals in health, social services, and criminal justice on alcoholism and other drug dependencies. MATTC is a sponsor of the Underage Drinking: America Offline conference and other substance abuse seminars.

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Bureau of Alcohol Education
Attn: L.C. Bee
Northwest Office Building, Room 602
Harrisburg, PA 17124-0001
717-772-1432
800-453-PLCB
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.lcb.state.pa.us/edu

The Bureau of Alcohol Education develops and disseminates a wide variety of alcohol education materials.

The Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center characterizes and analyzes the mechanisms and consequences of alcohol abuse during adolescence. The Center's multifaceted research program follows adolescents longitudinally through early adulthood to study the natural history of alcohol abuse, the appropriateness of diagnostic criteria, and the development of concomitant physical and psychiatric disorders.

Prevention First, Inc.
2800 Montvale Drive
Springfield, IL 62704
217-793-7353
800-252-8951 (in Illinois)
217-793-7355 (TDD)
217-793-7354 (fax)
Internet: www.prevention.org

720 North Franklin, Suite 500
Chicago, IL 60610
312-988-4646
800-572-5385 (in Illinois)
312-988-7097 (TDD)
312-988-7096 (fax)
Internet: www.prevention.org

Funded through the Illinois Department of Human Services, Prevention First supports educational institutions, community organizations, volunteers, and individuals-both adults and youth-who are interested in prevention and health reform issues. Its resources include a library/clearinghouse, publications, and training.

Project CORK
Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs
Department of Health
108 Cherry Street, Box 70
Burlington, VT 05402
802-651-1550
802-651-1573 (fax)
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.dartmouth.edu/~cork

Project CORK's mission is to assemble and disseminate current, authoritative information on substance abuse to clinicians, healthcare providers, human service personnel, and policymakers in the State of Vermont and the region. CORK maintains a resource center, produces a bibliographic database, offers current awareness services to the professional communities, creates resource materials, responds to queries, and collaborates in professional education efforts.

Research Institute on Addictions (RIA)
1021 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14203-1016
716-887-2566
716-887-2252 (fax)
Internet: www.ria.buffalo.edu

A research center of the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, RIA is a national leader in the study of alcohol and substance abuse issues. RIA's research programs, most of which have multiple-year funding, are supported by Federal and private foundation grants and address a number of addiction-related issues, including the etiology, prevention, and treatment of addictions; the role of alcohol and other drugs in violence; the needs of special populations, including minorities, women, and youth; family functioning and its relationship to alcohol and substance use; the assessment and treatment of persons arrested for driving while intoxicated; the social, medical, psychological, and neurophysical aspects of addictions; and gambling and related issues. RIA provides a post doctoral research training program on alcohol etiology and treatment funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). RIA's Clinical Research Center, the only alcoholism and substance abuse treatment facility in New York State designed specifically for clinical research, offers outpatient addiction treatment.

The mission of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is to supervise and regulate all phases of the alcoholic beverage industry to ensure the protection of the welfare, health, peace, temperance and safety of the people of Texas, while facilitating fairness, balanced competition and responsible behavior. Several programs are utilized under Enforcement or Education. Enforcement operations include: SAFE PROM/SAFE GRADUATION, Minor Stings, Operation Fake-Outs (fake ID's). Education programs include: Project SAVE (Stop Alcohol Violations Early) focussing on Law Enforcement, Students, Parents, and Retailers; and Shattered Dreams.

Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA)
9001 North Interstate Highway 35, Suite 105
P.O. Box 80529
Austin, TX 78708-0529
800-832-9623
Internet: www.tcada.state.tx.us

The mission of the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse is to provide the leadership and resources needed to prevent children from using drugs, to aid in the recovery of addicted persons, and to protect families and communities from the dangers of drug abuse.

Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
2901 Hermitage Road
P.O. Box 27491
Richmond, VA 23261
804-213-4400
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.abc.state.va.us

One of the roles of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is to administer laws to ensure a safe, orderly, and regulated system for convenient distribution and responsible consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP)
8027 Leesburg Pike, Suite 314
Vienna, VA 22182
703-893-0461
703-893-0465 (fax)
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.wrap.org

Founded in 1982, WRAP is an award-winning, public-private coalition dedicated to preventing drunk driving, drugged driving, and underage drinking in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Through public education, innovative health education programs, and advocacy, WRAP is credited with keeping the metro-Washington area's alcohol-related traffic deaths consistently lower than the national average. Each year, WRAP partners with local law enforcement to deliver its Alcohol Awareness for Students presentation to area high school and college students. The goal of the high school presentation is to educate students about the dangers of underage drinking and impaired driving, while presenting information that students can relate to their own lives. The presentation for college students focuses on raising awareness about the dangers of mixing alcohol with campus life and the long-term physical and legal consequences of underage drinking and impaired driving.

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Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program -
A Compendium of Resources March 2001