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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 aged 12 to 20 do not drink. However, more than 10 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

02/12/2013 - [ID]
Local Teens Speak
About Underage
Drinking

02/12/2013 - [OK]
Program Designed
to Combat Underage
Drinking

02/12/2013 - [FL]
Liquor Law
Loophole? FL
Lawmakers Attempt
to Curb Underage
Drinking

02/11/2013 -
Large Study Shows
Substance Abuse
Rates Higher in
Teenagers with
ADHD

02/11/2013 -
Underage Youth
Drinking
Concentrated Among
a Small Number of
Brands

02/08/2013 - [TX]
Collegiate High
School Seniors
Address Underage
Drinking , Other
Teen Issues at
Conference

02/08/2013 - [CA]
Study: Underage
Drinking Costs
County $367
Million

02/07/2013 - [TX]
UNT Seeks to Deter
Underage Drinking

02/07/2013 - [VA]
New Virginia
Program to
Recognize Schools'
Efforts to Prevent
Substance Abuse
[Underage
Drinking]

02/07/2013 - [RI]
Bill Targets
Underage Drinking
at Clubs

02/07/2013 - [AZ]
Three Kids Win
MATForce Contest
by Designing
Posters Denouncing
Underage Drinking

02/07/2013 - [NJ]
Task Force to
Examine Possible
Ordinance Banning
Underage Drinking
on Private
Property

02/07/2013 - [CA]
Summit on Alcohol
and Drug Problems
Slated at Chico
State University

02/06/2013 -
Sharp drop in
drink deaths
follows alcohol
price rise

02/05/2013 - [MN]
Group Lobbies for
Help to Fight
Underage Drinking

02/05/2013 - [AZ]
Phoenix Police
Hosting Underage
Drinking PSA
Contest

02/04/2013 - [MN]
City Attorney:
Social Host Law is
Helping

02/04/2013 -
Could Better
Alcohol Screening
During Doctor
Visits Reduce
Underage Drinking?

02/04/2013 - [UT]
Dealing With
Alcoholism,
Underage Drinking
on USU's Dry
Campus

02/03/2013 - [FL]
Intervention Not
Arrests Goal of
New Underage
Drinking Patrol
Team of Manatee
School Resource
Officers

02/03/2013 - [SC]
Group Uses Video
to Show
Consequences of
Underage Drinking.

02/02/2013 - [CA]
Video: Facebook
Parties Being Shut
Down for Underage
Drinking, Drugs &
Violence

02/01/2013 - [IL]
Boone County
Launching Underage
Drinking Diversion
Program

02/01/2013 - [TX]
State Coalition:
Increasing Alcohol
Taxes Will Reduce
Underage Drinking

01/31/2013 - [MT]
Missoula Judge
Reports Decline in
Underage Drinking
Tickets

01/31/2013 - [OK]
Bixby Teens Remind
Parents to Guard
Against Underage
Drinking

01/31/2013 - [NJ]
Princeton: Council
Looking at Private
Property Underage
Drinking

01/30/2013 - [TX]
Groups Fighting
Against Underage
Drinking

01/30/2013 - [CT]
Expert Talks Teen
Substance Abuse in
New Canaan
Wednesday

01/29/2013 - [NY]
Sag Harbor
Community
Coalition Tries to
Curb Underage
Drinking

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