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WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERAGE
DRINKING, KIDS WHO DRINK BEFORE
THE AGE OF 15 ARE FOUR TIMESMORG
PROBLEMS AS ADULTS.
THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY SET THE RULES CT.ORG IS ON A
MISSION TO HELP PARENTS
UNDERSTAND THE DANGEROUS OF
UNDERAGE DRIPPING AND PROVIDE
RESOURCE TOSS KEEP KIDS SAFE.
JOINING ME IS MARY KATE MACE,
THE PROJECT MANAGER.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
I APPRECIATE IT.
TALK ABOUT HOW BIG A PROBLEM
CONNECTICUT.
FIRST I WANT TOSAY THAT A
LOT OF KIDS DON'T DRINK.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I STRESS THE
POSITIVE FIRST.
BUT TBHOA FROM STUDENT SURVEYS
ADMINISTERED IN SCHOOLS THAT UP
TO 45% OF 12 TO 17-YEAR-OLDS
DAY
WOW, THAT'S SHOCKING.
WHEN DOES IT START, TYPICALLY?
IN CONNECTICUT, THE AVERAGE
AGE OF FIRST USE IS 13.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING
ERVIN'S DRINKING AT 1, THAT'S
THE AVERAGE.
SOMETIMES THEY START YOUNGER,
SOMETIMES OLDER.
THAT'S REALLY YOUNG.
EIGHTH GRADERS, RIGHT, REALLY
LITTLE KIDS.
TOWN?
ONE SPECIFIC AREA?
ACROSS CONNECTICUT IT LOOKS
LIKE THE DATA IS PRETTY EVEN.
KIDS ACROSS CONNECTICUT DRINK.
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AT SUCH
A YOUNG AGE?
I THINK NEW ENGLAND STATES IN
PARTICULAR, ALCOHOL IS PART OF
OUR CULTURE.
IT'S VERY COMMON TO SEE ALCOHOL,
ALCOHOL ADVERTISING, ADULTS
DRINKING.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACCESS.
KIDS ARE DOING WHAT ADULTS ARE
DOING.
SURE. AND OTHER REASONS,
THEY CAN GET ALCOHOL EASILY FROM
FRIENDS OR FAMILY.
RIGHT.
WE KNOW THE NUMBER ONE WAY KIDS
FAMILY.
AND LICK LAWS ARE NOT
UNDER AGE.
WE DO ENFORCE LIQUOR LAWS,
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS KIDS
CAN BUY ALCHOL ZING TEENAGERS
MIGHT NOT REALIZE THERE ARE
ABSOLUTELY.
HEALTH RISKS.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE SEE IT IN TV, WE SEE IT ON
COMMERCIALS.
HOST LAW.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN KEEPTHE
EXACTLY.
A LOFT TIMES PARENTS THINK THAT
THEY'RE THE COOL PARENTS IF THEY
HAVE A PARTY AT THEIR HOUSE,
THEY TAKE THE KEYS SO THEY FEEL
LIKE THE KIDS ARE SEARVETION AND
ALLOWING DRINKING.
BUT IN FACT, NOW CONNECTICUT HAS
A SOCIAL HOST LAW, WHICH MEANS
ANYONE PROVIDING ALCOHOL TOUNDED
LIABLE, THEY CAN BE FINED AND
EVEN IMPRISONED.
DONE?
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF EFFORTS
TO MAKE SURE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT SOCIAL HOSTING, WE'RE NOT
JUST TALKING ABOUT IN YOUR
HOUSE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON
YOUR PROPER.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH POLICE
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE TO
MAKE SURE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
KIDS PARTYING AND ENFORCING.WE R
CONTROL TO GO OUT AND CHECK
PACKAGE STORES, AND CONVENIENCE
SELLING.
I'M SORRY, GROCERY STORES, MAKE
SURE THEY'RE NOT SELLING.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY O
PARENTS, ADVICE IF THEY THINK
THEI TEENAGE CERTIFY STARTING
TO DRINK, GOING TO PARTIES?
WE KNOW THE NUMBER ONE
REASON, KIDS HAVE TOLD US THIS,
IS THAT THEY DON'T DRINK BECAUSE
THEIR PARENTS HAVE TOLD THEM
THEY DO.
THEY DO.
I KNOW TEENAGERS LOOK LIKE
ADULTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ADULTS.
THEY STILL NEED LIMITS AND
RULES, AND WHEN THEIR PARENTS
LISTEN.
CAN DO, SAY NO.
EARLY ON, LET THEM KNOW ALCOHOL
IS NOT SAFE FOR THEM AND MAKE
SURE YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE,
AND IF ALCOHOL CELTIC SERVED
WHERE THEY ARE.
START.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SO MUCH.
LET'S PUT SOME INFORMATION ON
THE SCREEN.
WTNH.COM.