Countywide Initiative to Reduce Underage Drinking (CIRUD)

The Unified Prevention Coalition of Fairfax County (UPC) convened the first meeting of its Countywide Initiative to Reduce Underage Drinking (CIRUD) in August 2006, bringing together school-community coalitions, community organizations, and county agencies to address the epidemic of underage drinking. Today approximately 50 organizations support the UPC and its Countywide Initiative.

Don't Drink and Drive

More information to come.

What’s the biggest risk factor for underage drinking?

By Dr. Claire McCarthy | Globe Correspondent | January 14, 2013
Adapted from the MD Mama blog on Boston.com.

Do you know what the biggest risk factor for underage drinking is?

It’s having a best friend who drinks.

I read an interesting article in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, about ways to predict when adolescents will have their first drink of alcohol. Read full article

Tis the Season To Talk With Your Teens

About Drinking And Drugs

It's the holiday season when family and friends gather to celebrate together. It's also a time when many teens find the opportunity and access to experiment and use alcohol and other drugs. Many teens report that they obtain the alcohol they drink from their parents, friends' parents, siblings, or older friends, with or without permission.

NIAA College Fact Sheet: Underage College Drinking: A Significant Public Health Problem

According to a 4-page College Drinking fact sheet (April 2012) published by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), abusive and underage college drinking is a significant public health problem, and such drinking exacts an enormous toll on the intellectual and social lives of college students across the United States. The fact sheet summarizes recent statistics on the consequences of drinking among college students and recommendations for addressing college drinking.
Read more

Countywide Survey Shows High Levels of Alcohol Consumption Among McLean Area Students

Parents Hear Results of Youth Survey
By Regina Garcia Cano, McLean Patch

Some of the 100 parents who gathered recently were surprised at the results of the annual countywide survey of alcohol abuse among students attending McLean area middle and high schools:
Read more from this article

28th Annual Summer YADAPP Conference

Become part of the Unified Prevention Coalition's Youth Council to represent your high school as well as Fairfax County! Come join UPC's meetings, events, & YADAPP Conference to earn community service hours and to give the youth a voice!
View Flier