SAMSHA Town Hall Meetings 2012

SAMHSA’s Call To Get Involved

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Success Stories

Communities across the Nation are using Town Hall Meetings to help reduce underage drinking. Read all success stories.

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Get Involved

Underage drinking is a significant public health concern that affects our youth, communities, and Nation. This year, hundreds of organizations across the Nation will be hosting Town Hall Meetings to mobilize communities around underage drinking prevention. Get involved in this national movement.

Use this Web site to find information on why you should get involved, which types of prevention are effective, and how to host an event to encourage community action. Preventing underage drinking takes all sectors of a community—and you.

What’s New

Resources for Event Organizers

What's In the News

9/13/2012 - Leaders propose stiffer penalties for alcohol offenders

9/13/2012 - Police Department receives award for underage drinking prevention

9/12/2012 - New DUI Tool Helps Monongalia County Fight Underage Drinking

9/12/2012 - A campaign to reduce underage drinking

9/12/2012 - ECU underage drinking citations have more than doubled this school year

9/12/2012 - New Ordinance Targets Underage Drinking in Private Residences

9/12/2012 - Park Ridge Targets Underage Drinkers, Stiffer Liquor Fines

9/11/2012 - Underage Drinking Task Force Busts Sellers, Social Hosters

9/11/2012 - OJJDP Highlights Neurological, Economic Consequences of Underage Drinking

9/11/2012 - 8 Berwyn establishments snared in underage drinking sting

9/11/2012 - Party Laws Put Hosts on Hook

9/11/2012 - New effort to stop underage drinking in Burlington

9/10/2012 - Elgin to get tougher on underage drinking parties, synthetic drugs

9/10/2012 - Parents asked to 'Step up' to discourage teen drinking

9/10/2012 - Battling binging: Colleges try new tactics to curb excessive drinking

9/10/2012 - Teenage drinking appears to decline; ordinances targeting use on private property rising

9/10/2012 - New law gives law enforcement added power

9/10/2012 - Advocates Urge People To Report Underage Drinking

9/9/2012 - Copabanana cracks down on underage drinking

9/9/2012 - Workshop to discuss talking to your teens about alcohol

9/9/2012 - Oklahoma lawmaker's proposal would ban beer from self-checkout lanes

9/8/2012 - Waterford-area campaign: Don’t purchase alcohol for minors

9/8/2012 - Group hopes to use changes in policies to curb underage drinking

9/7/2012 - 6 clerks cited in underage drinking sting

9/7/2012 - Three Hingham establishments fail alcohol compliance check

9/7/2012 - Choices events up, alcohol use down

9/7/2012 - Underage drinking targeted in Live Oak sting

9/7/2012 - City to take tough line on underage alcohol use

9/6/2012 - Nearly all Walpole restaurants pass underage alcohol sale sting

9/6/2012 - Youth drinking prevention; new Eau Claire County study shows step in right direction

9/6/2012 - Lynchburg leaders to combat youth drunk driving

9/6/2012 - St. Paul Park makes move to fight underage drinking, approves 'social-host ordinance'

9/6/2012 - Drinking laws don’t change on Ohio State game day

9/5/2012 - San Rafael council OKs 'alcopop free zone'

9/5/2012 - Trustee-Owned Businesses Busted for Underage Sales

9/5/2012 - Annual Indiana youth survey

9/5/2012 - Carder School Library to host an underage drinking/parents serving minors presentation Oct. 17

9/5/2012 - 'Safe homes' prohibit teen drinking, smoking

9/5/2012 - Police urge warnings for alleged alcohol infractions

9/4/2012 - News Around Town

9/4/2012 - City Along Lake Minnetonka Makes It a Crime to Host Underage Drinking

9/3/2012 - Excise police cracking down on underage drinking at tailgates

9/3/2012 - Forums set to discuss young adults and drunk driving

9/3/2012 - New Alcohol Detection Devices Hit College Campuses, Upstate Counties

9/2/2012 - Is underage drinking ever OK?

9/1/2012 - Safe Driving Program for Teens to be Held at Track Family Fun Park in Branson

8/31/2012 - Marquette University trying to crack down on underage drinking

About Town Hall Meetings

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is inviting communities to hold Town Hall Meetings as a grassroots effort to reduce the negative impact of underage drinking on the health and safety of their members. SAMHSA sponsors national Town Hall Meetings every 2 years. In 2010, more than 2,000 events were held across the country.