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2 October 2000
Youth Challenge Politicians to Address Underage Drinking
Present Policy Recommendations That Would Save Lives

What:
San Diego County delegates to California's Youth Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking in Riverside come home armed with LIFESAVING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS to PRESENT to local and state LAWMAKERS.

The recommendations are the teens' solutions to UNDERAGE DRINKING, their NUMBER ONE drug PROBLEM and their NUMBER ONE KILLER.

Who:

	San Diego County Teens
	David Bejarano, San Diego Police Chief
	Tom Cleary, Byron Wear's Representative
	Susan Davis, Assemblymember, 76th District
	Kelly Rudiger Bingham, Brian Bilbray‘s Representative
	Other Elected Officials

Why:

	Underage drinking is the number one drug problem among youth.
	Alcohol kills six young people each day.
	Half of all teen suicides and rapes involve alcohol.
	In San Diego County, over 25 underage youth who died in the past 10 months had alcohol in their systems; among them, a 15 year-old with a Blood Alcohol Concentration level of .17 and a 20 year-old with a BAC level of .40, who died from acute alcohol intoxication.
	Underage drinking costs California $6.5 billion a year.

When:
Wednesday, October 4, 2000, 4 PM

Where:
County Administration Building
1600 Pacific Highway (Bay Side Entrance)

Visuals:
Youth carrying pictures of friends lost to underage drinking and posters with policy recommendations; b-roll of previous MADD National Youth Summit.