From parents and doctors to teachers and community leaders — everyone who plays a role in the life of a teenager can make a difference in preventing underage drinking. The Talk It Out Campaign was proud to have brought stakeholders and experts together in its first-ever conference, “Start the Conversation: Adolescents, Families & Substance Use/Abuse.” […]
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Student Athletes Join Fight to Stop Underage Drinking
A conversation about underage drinking could save someone’s life. Don’t put your future in danger by drinking alcohol underage. You are too smart to damage your brain and your future potential. There are other ways to have a good time. Be a role model, someone your brother or sister can look up to. Take the […]
UNC and NC State Baseball Coaches Talk about Stopping Underage Drinking
Mike Fox, UNC Baseball Coach, and Elliott Avent, NC State Baseball Coach, talk about stopping underage drinking. Parents, teachers, and coaches talk with teenagers about the dangers of alcohol and help stop underage drinking. Take the Pledge to talk it out together at Take the Pledge
Take the Pledge to Stop Underage Drinking
Take the Pledge to talk with your teen about underage drinking. 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 […]
New Talk It Out Ads Encourage Parents to Have Ongoing Conversations
Talking to your kids about alcohol doesn’t have to be a big production.
New Videos Highlight Impact of Alcohol on Adolescent Brain
Alcohol affects the adolescent brain differently than it affects the adult brain — because the human brain isn’t fully developed until about age 25. Learn how alcohol affects the adolescent brain and use the knowledge to talk to your kids about the dangers. These videos feature medical professionals Dr. Donita Robinson, Dr. Wilkie Wilson, and Dr. […]
Video: “One decision can last a lifetime. We’ve lived that.”
North Carolina has an underage drinking problem. Underage drinking causes more than 1 death per week in our state. In this video, Peggy and Josh share their story, and remember how one poor decision changed their lives forever.
Video: “It’s a pain that never goes away.”
North Carolina has an underage drinking problem. Every year, underage drinking causes more than 100 deaths and thousands of injuries in our state. Listen to Steve Sciascia, Mayor of Harrisburg, NC, as he speaks about the tragic loss of his son Joseph. Joseph was killed instantly when the car he was riding in slammed into a […]
Talk It Out NC Launches TV, Radio Ads
Today, Talk It Out NC began airing two 30-second TV advertisements and a series of radio advertisements designed to raise awareness about the problem of underage drinking, and provide parents with the tools and resources they need to talk about it with their children. Here are the two TV ads: And here are the two […]
Talk It Out NC Video: 4 Families Impacted By Underage Drinking
North Carolina has an underage drinking problem. Every year, underage drinking causes more than 100 deaths and thousands of injuries in our state. We sat down with four individuals whose lives have been seriously impacted by underage drinking. In this video, you’ll hear the stories of: Peggy, mother In 2001, Peggy’s son Josh was 18 years […]