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The Too Smart To Start Web site helps youth, families, educators, and communities prevent underage alcohol use and its related problems. It provides useful programs and strategies, downloadable materials, interactive games and exercises, and other resources to support you in responding to The Surgeon General's Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking.

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In the News

07/03/2009 - [MA]
Raising awareness
on underage
drinking and
substance abuse

07/02/2009 - [UT]
Ogden police to
educate bars to
curb underage and
excessive drinking

07/02/2009 - [OH]
Underage drinking
is dangerous,
illegal

07/01/2009 -
Effects of teenage
drug use on the
brain: Is your
teen at risk? Part
1

07/01/2009 - [FL]
Drug Addiction Not
Just a Boy Issue,
More Girls Now at
Risk

07/01/2009 -
[U.K.] ID cards
will help fight
against underage
drinking

07/01/2009 - [NY]
Suffern teens
charged with
drinking at Jersey
shore party could
lose athletic
eligibility

07/01/2009 - [WA]
Prevention Youth
Spring Forum—
Reader-Submitted
Story and Photos

06/30/2009 - [MT]
Minors' drinking
topic of meeting

06/30/2009 - [OR]
School district
adopts new
athletic drug
prevention program

06/30/2009 - [MS]
Underage drinking
is focus for
coalition

06/30/2009 - [MT]
Minors' drinking
topic of meeting

06/30/2009 - [NY]
Editorial: Binge
Drinking on Campus

06/29/2009 - [NY]
'Operation: Hotel
Checkout' cracks
down on illegal
drinking

06/29/2009 - [TX]
Troubling
binge-drinking
trend turns up in
study

06/29/2009 - [MS]
Rally on the Rez
aims to curb
teenage drinking

06/29/2009 - [SD]
Student survey:
Drug use down

06/28/2009 - [AR]
Program working to
reduce underage
drinking

06/26/2009 - [KY]
Program Takes Aim
At Underage
Drinking

06/26/2009 - [NY]
'Operation
Check-Out' to
crack down on
underage drinking

06/25/2009 - [CA]
Survey: Some SV
Fifth Graders Are
Trying Alcohol

06/25/2009 - [CA]
District Convenes
Committee to
Address Berkeley
High Campus Drug,
Alcohol Use

06/25/2009 - [NY]
Drugs, drinking
still prevalent
for teens both in
and out of school

06/24/2009 - [NJ]
Youth group
targets underage
drinking

06/24/2009 - [OH]
Possible massive
cuts worrisome for
state, local
mental health
officials

06/24/2009 - [MO]
Republic holding
town hall meeting
to address
underage drinking

06/23/2009 -
Higher Drinking
Age Linked To Less
Binge Drinking --
Except In College
Students

06/23/2009 - [CA]
Berkeley schools
work on plan to
fight drug,
alcohol abuse by
students

06/23/2009 - [MS]
Coalition to focus
on underage
drinking

06/23/2009 - [NJ]
Crackdown on
underage drinking
begins at Jersey
Shore

06/23/2009 - [NC]
Teens smoke less,
binge drink more

06/22/2009 - [NE]
Tip line targets
underage drinking

06/20/2009 - [OH]
Survey: Teens have
easy access to
alcohol

06/20/2009 - [GA]
Are kids quaffing
energy drinks with
boost of booze?

06/20/2009 - [KS]
Hosting law aims
to curtail
underage drinking

06/20/2009 - [HI]
Beyond The
Influence: Drug
Action Team News

06/20/2009 - [FL]
Hispanic Community
Rally Against
Substance Abuse

06/20/2009 - [FL]
The consequences
of underage
drinking in
Florida add up to
$3 billion a year,
a study finds.

06/18/2009 -
Alcohol and
Suicide Among
Racial/Ethnic
Populations --- 17
States, 2005--2006

06/11/2009 -
Relaxed Attitudes
Toward Alcohol And
Youth May Increase
Risk Of Binge
Drinking In
College

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Updated on 6/15/2009