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15
November 2001
San
Diego County Students Thank Parents For Not Hosting Underage Drinking Parties
Go Door-to-Door Asking Adults to Stop Providing Alcohol
to Minors and Warning Them It’s Against the Law
What:
San Diego County students kick off Project Home STOP, a countywide campaign
on underage drinking and youth access to alcohol. Teens go door-to-door
thanking parents and other adults for not hosting underage drinking parties
and for not providing alcohol to minors. Youth deliver brochures warning
them that it’s against the law to give alcohol to teens; ask them to
sign pledge promising not to be a source of alcohol for teens.
Why:
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Alcohol
is the Number 1 drug used by teens and the biggest health risk for
adolescents. |
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Every
day, six young people under the age of 24 die in alcohol-related crashes
across the country. |
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During
1999 and 2000, 61 people under 21 in San Diego County died with alcohol
in their system. |
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Half
of all teen suicides and rapes involve alcohol. |
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Most
teens that get pregnant were drunk during sex. |
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A
recent survey of California students revealed that 40% of 7th graders,
69% of 9th and 81% of 11th graders consider that alcohol is very easy
or fairly easy to get. |
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Another
survey conducted at a local East County high school discovered that
40% of students get alcohol from parties where parents were present,
from older friends (58%) and 30% get it from strangers. |
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It
is against the law to furnish alcohol to a minor, punishable by up
to $1000 fine and 24 hour community service. |
When:
Monday, November 19, 2001, 4:00 PM
Where:
Wells Park, 1153 East Madison Avenue, El Cajon
Who:
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East County Youth |
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Melina
Mena and Mark Labella, CASA Student Leadership Faction |
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Michael
Carleton, Deputy District Attorney, El Cajon (619) 441-4588 |
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Chief
Jim Davis, El Cajon Police Department (619) 759-3351 |
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Deputy
Tom Sadler, Santee Sheriff’s Office (619) 956-4026 |
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Dave
Hunter, Vice Principal, West Hills High School, Santee (619) 596-3600
ext. 124 |
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Joseph Cice, Middle School Coordinator, Lakeside School District (619)
884-3170 |
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Cynthia
Burton, El Cajon Parent/Student Resource Center (619) 851-8787 |
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Euna
Teresa Ra, Communities Against Substance Abuse (619) 442-2727 ext.
105 |
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