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Welcome to Too Smart To Start, your Web site on helping young people avoid underage alcohol use and its consequences.

Most young people ages 12 to 20 do not drink. However, about 9.7 million young people do use alcohol. Alcohol use can interfere with their health, academic and workplace performance, and relationships with friends and family.

Talk with young people early and often about the dangers of underage drinking. With your help, we can make sure that young people understand that they do not need to drink to fit in, have fun, or deal with the pressures of growing up. Use the resources on this site to help young people be too smart to start.

In The News

05/24/2013 - [CA]
Reality Parties
Disclose Teen
Drinking

05/24/2013 - [MS]
Federal Judge
Declines to
Dismiss Lawsuit
against West
Point, Bar Over
DUI-Related
Accident

05/22/2013 -
Myths Debunked:
Underage Drinking
at Home Leads to
Real Consequences
for Both Parents
and Teens

05/21/2013 - [NY]
Broome County
Cracks Down on
Underage Drinking

05/21/2013 - [KY]
New Ordinance
Cracks Down on
Parents Allowing
Underage Drinking
Parties

05/21/2013 - [AZ]
Sheriff's Office
to Patrol County
Parks, Lakes for
DUI's, Underage
Drinking

05/20/2013 - [CA]
Visalia PD Cracks
Down on Underage
Drinking

05/20/2013 - [NV]
Police Trying Hard
to Prevent Teenage
Drinking During
End of Year

05/20/2013 - [NJ]
Town Hall Meetings
Will Focus on
Underage Drinking

05/20/2013 - [MA]
Walpole
Restaurants,
Liquor Stores Pass
Underage Drinking
Stings

05/20/2013 - [PA]
Pittsburg Council
Delays Action on
Ordinance to Help
Curb Underage
Drinking

05/19/2013 - [NJ]
Underage Drinking
Panel Coming to
Hackettstown High
School

05/18/2013 - [CT]
Teen Group Targets
Underage Drinking,
Risky Behaviors

05/18/2013 - [NV]
Underage Alcohol
Compliance Check
Yields Highest
Compliance Rate in
Years

05/18/2013 - [CT]
SMART to Host
Local Prevention
Council Meeting

05/17/2013 - [VA]
Virginia MADD:
Parents be Aware
of Drinking Around
Prom Season

05/17/2013 - [OH]
Stickers Aim to
Curb Underage
Drinking in
Milford

05/17/2013 - [IN]
Ascension Parish
Council Votes to
Outlaw Parents
Hosting Parties
Where Youths
Consume Alcohol

05/17/2013 - [MA]
Dedham Residents
Concerned About

05/17/2013 - [MI]
Courageous
Persuaders Awards
Celebration
Recognizes High
School
Student-Produced
Anti-Underage
Drinking
Commercials

05/17/2013 - [NY]
Students Warned of
the Dangers of
Underage Drinking

05/16/2013 - [NJ]
Madison Includeds
'Good Samaritan'
Provision Into
Underage Drinking
Provision

05/16/2013 - [CA]
Colton: Police
Target Underage
Drinking at
Parties

05/16/2013 - [CA]
Underage Drinking:
Cities Cracking
Down on Grad
Parties

05/16/2013 - At
OJJDP Experts
Address Best Ways
to Tackle Issue of
Underage Drinking

05/16/2013 - [MN]
House Passes Bill
to Provide
Underage Drinkers
Immunity During
Emergencies

05/16/2013 - [RI]
Providence to Hold
Forum on Underage
Drinking

05/15/2013 - [VA]
Parents Urged to
Discuss Underage
Drinking Before
Summer

05/15/2013 - [KY]
'Social Host'
Ordinance to
Prevent Underage
Drinking Revisited

05/15/2013 - [MT]
Take A Stand
Against Underage
Drinking

05/15/2013 - [IL]
'Your Actions
Matter!' Campaign
to Address
Underage Drinking

05/15/2013 - [WV]
Town Hall Forum on
Underage Drinking

05/15/2013 - [CT]
City of Hartford:
Zero Tolerance for
Underage Drinking
at Concert Venue

05/15/2013 - [KY]
Owensboro Police
Department Plans
to Use River
Valley Grant to
Enforce Underage
Drinking Laws

05/15/2013 - [ND]
Video Makes Case
Against Drinking
and Driving

05/15/2013 - [OK]
Oklahoma ABLE
Commission Teams
Up With Law
Enforcement to
Prevent Undergae
Drinking

05/14/2013 - [WI]
Wis. Assembly to
Vote on Underage
Drinking Bill

05/14/2013 - [WI]
Wis. Assembly
Passes Underage
Drinking and
Drunken Driving
Bills

05/14/2013 - [ME]
Thirteen Police
Departments Join
Forces to Fight
Underage Drinking

05/13/2013 -
National
Prevention Week:
Underage Drinking

05/13/2013 - New
Campaign to Help
Parents Talk to
Younger Children
About Dangers of
Underage Drinking

05/13/2013 - [KS]
Underage Drinking
Task Force Results


05/13/2013 - [OR]
Greater Portland
Police Step-Up
Patrols at Prom
Season

05/11/2013 - [NJ]
Police Chief: We
Will 'Vigorously'
Enforce Underage
Drinking Laws

05/10/2013 - [MA]
Boston Asian YES
Teens Strive to
Reduce Underage
Drinking in
Chinatown

05/10/2013 - [IL]
Meeting Will
Address Underage
Drinking

05/10/2013 - [LA]
Houma Cracks Down
on Underage
Drinking

05/09/2013 - [ME]
River Valley
Health Communities
Prom Campaign Will
Highlight Underage
Drinking

05/09/2013 - [IL]
Taking Aim at
Enablers

05/08/2013 - [MA]
Newton PD Receives
Grant to Combat
Underage Drinking

05/07/2013 - [NJ]
MT Police Patrols
to Combat Underage
Drinking

05/07/2013 - [CA]
Free Public
Education Meeting
on Steering Youth
Away from Alcohol

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