Preventing Underage Drinking Webinar Series
In 2006, Congress enacted the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (STOP
Act). Among other provisions, the STOP Act formally established the ICCPUD under
the direction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). The ICCPUD serves
as a standing committee to provide ongoing, high-level leadership on this issue
and to serve as a mechanism for coordinating Federal efforts aimed at preventing
and reducing underage drinking. SAMHSA serves as the lead ICCPUD agency.
The STOP Act also calls for the HHS Secretary, on behalf of the ICCPUD, to submit
an annual report to Congress on underage drinking and federal and state programs
and policies to prevent and reduce it. See the 2012
Report to Congress
on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking for more information.
Throughout 2013, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage
Drinking (ICCPUD) will host a series of webinars on underage drinking. These webinars
will feature national leaders and experts discussing the extent and nature of the
problem, lessons from recent research, and evidence-based strategies for addressing
underage drinking.
Please register for the next upcoming event. All webinars will be archived on or
through this site for additional viewing.
Upcoming Events
March 7, 2013. Hosted by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism (NIAAA) this webinar will provide indepth coverage of the nature
and extent of the problem.
April 2013. Hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
this webinar will feature a panel of speakers discussing the “shape of the solution.”
Archived Events
Preventing Underage Drinking: Introduction and
Series Overview (January 30, 2013)
U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., and SAMHSA Administrator
Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., describe the ongoing federal response to underage drinking,
including this series of webinars by the ICCPUD. NIAAA Acting Director Kenneth R.
Warren, Ph.D., discusses the nature and extent of the problem. SAMHSA’s Center of
Substance Abuse Prevention Director Frances M. Harding describes the “shape of the
solution.”