Take the Pledge to Stop Underage Drinking
The Pledge makes ongoing conversations part of your regular routine. It provides simple steps both parents and teens can take to stop underage drinking.
The Return of Talk It Out Tuesday!
Upcoming Events:
June 21st @ 2:00 pm – “Ask the Officer-Open Conversation with Alcohol Law Enforcement”: Special Agent Erin Bean, with Alcohol Law Enforcement, will be hosting a free space to have an interactive conversation with a law enforcement representative. Come prepared to this event with all your questions related to Alcohol Law Enforcement! Register here!
June 28th at 3:00 p.m. – ““Understanding Your Reason” Peer Pressure: Aaron Medina, North Carolina State Coordinator for SADD, and other experts in an open panel discussion! They will be discussing how to help students use education and personal values to overcome the pressures to drink underage Register here!
Underage drinking in North Carolina starts earlier, and comes with higher costs, than we imagine. Not just dollars and cents, but lives lost, futures irrevocably altered, brains forever impaired — all of the physical, social and emotional damage that can weigh down tweens and teenagers for the rest of their lives.
Your kids may already be more aware of alcohol than you think. And they’re almost certainly ready to hear what you have to say.
Start your conversations now. And stop underage drinking in your family.
Together, We Are The Solution.
Average age children in North Carolina take their first drink 1
NC middle schoolers say if parents spoke more often to their children about underage drinking, it would help stop the problem. 2
Percentage of North Carolina students who say underage drinking is a problem. 3