HEADLINES
A program to fight underage drinking could mean less drunk drivers behind the wheel in the future.
These Challenger Middle School Students are getting an important lesson that could impact their future.
South Dakota legislators are scheduled to consider 2 proposals today that would loosen state liquor laws.
One bill would provide special liquor licenses for full-service restaurants in the state's 14 largest cities.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The inventory of Not In Our House program materials has been depleted. Electronic copies of the program materials can be found on the Not In Our House website at http://www.notnrhouse.org.
Podcast - Alcohol Energy Drinks
Click here to listen to the podcast. Interviews with Michelle Simon of the Marin Institute and Jim Mosher of PIRE, followed by commentary by Jim Copple.
Policy Brief - DWI Courts: A Promising Practice to Reduce Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities
Click here to read the Policy Brief, released by the International Institute for Alcohol Awareness, on May 2, 2007.
Underage Drinking in the United States - The Facts
Click here to see the tragic health, social, and economic costs of alcohol abuse by underage individuals.
Vital Research on Public Health Now Available to Everyone
WASHINGTON – For more than 30 years, PIRE has produced essential knowledge about the problems and prevention of some of society’s most serious public health threats, including underage drinking, drug abuse, impaired driving, teen risk behaviors, unintentional injuries and neighborhood violence.
Now, PIRE’s knowledge can be everyone’s knowledge. Its newly redeveloped website, www.PIRE.org, features the PIRE Resource Finder, www.PIRE.org/finder, a repository of original PIRE research and program materials, while the PIRE Spotlight and Newsroom help interpret the important work of PIRE researchers. The website also presents PIRE research guides and other PIRE-related websites on public health problems and solutions.
IIAA has updated the State Profiles and Fact Sheets on its website. Previous profiles contained 2001 data. The new State Fact Sheets contain 2005 data and is more accurate and current. Please share these with stakeholders, policymakers, funders, and community organizers working to prevent underage drinking. Click on to the IIAA logo to access the Fact Sheets.
For more information about the International Institute for Alcohol Awareness, and the national problem of underage drinking, please visit its new website by clicking the interactive logo above.
INFORMATION
For more information about the International Institute for Alcohol Awareness, please visit its website by clicking on the interactive logo at the top of this page, or contact Chris Stoughton at cstoughton@pire.org.
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Please Help Us Prevent Underage Drinking - Click Here
The International Institute for Alcohol Awareness (IIAA), a project of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), is preparing to begin a targeted communications campaign to help maintain several critical federally funded alcohol prevention programs. In order to do this, we need your help.
As we target specific lawmakers, we will ask you to assist with this vitally important effort by urging your elected officials to support initiatives that will prevent underage drinking. So that this campaign may be carried out as efficiently as possible, please provide your full mailing address, including zip code by clicking here. This will allow us to accurately identify your members of Congress.
NOTE: PIRE will NOT provide any contact information to any other organization, or use it for any purpose other than that outlined above
Thank you for your continued support as we fight to keep alcohol out of the hands of our youth.
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