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“Justice Community Response
to Underage Drinking”
Cobb Alcohol TaskforceKennesaw State University
Ronald E. BogleSuperior Court Judge (Retired)
Why should you care?
“Alcohol use during adolescence is pervasive, and science makes clear that the effects on young people can be profound.”
RADM Steven K. Galson, M.D.U.S. Surgeon General
March 24, 2008
Fruits of National Complacency
About Underage Drinking53% of the nation’s
alcoholics are identified as young people, pre-teen to
age 26.National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
(NIAAA, 2008)
National“Call to Action”
“We can no longer ignore what alcohol is doing to
our children.”RADM Kenneth Moritsugu, M.D.
U.S. Surgeon GeneralMarch 6, 2007
Alcohol and Public Health Alcohol is an addictive drug. Alcohol kills more teens than all other
drugs combined Alcohol use is the third-leading
preventable cause of death in the U.S., causing more than 100,000 deaths annually.
190,000 hospital emergency department visits by underage drinkers in 2008.
Alcohol use is directly related to more than 60 medical conditions, and associated with more than 200 others.
Alcohol and Public Health Alcohol is the most commonly
used and abused drug among youth.
For the still-developing teen body, there is no level of safe drinking.
Teen alcohol use carries long-term health risks.
Problematic teen alcohol consumption is not a benign condition that resolves with age.
“You are changing the wiring of the brain with
repeated alcohol exposure during adolescence.”
Dr. Scott SchwartzwelderDuke University Professor of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Science
“Alcohol is a very potent depressant that goes
everywhere and affects every system. It affects every
neurochemical system in the brain.”
Dr. Marc SchuckitEditor, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and
Drugs
When considering alcohol’s harm to the individual user,
along with the user’s harm to the environment around them, alcohol is the most harmful and lethal drug.
Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (2010)
Alcohol and Collegians Alcohol-related deaths and poisoning are at record
levels. Alcohol-related ‘blackouts’ common among
collegians. 600,000 alcohol-related injuries annually. 97,000 alcohol-related sexual assaults on collegiate
women reported annually. 700,000 alcohol-related assaults reported annually. 90% of sexual assaults on collegiate women involve
alcohol as a factor. Impaired driving rates among collegians rising. 11% of collegians report they damaged property
while under the influence of alcohol. 5% are involved with police or campus security
because of drinking, and 110,000 are arrested for alcohol-related violations.
80% of collegians drink, and 45% are binge drinkers.National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
(NIAAA)
Teenage girls (7th to 12th grade) are now outpacing boys in the consumption
of alcohol.
American Medical Association
Binge Drinking90 % of alcohol
consumed by teens occurs while binge
drinking.
Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility
National Institute of Medicine (IOM)
18 to 24-year old binge drinkers average four (4) binges per month and 10
drinks per binge.
National Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
“We do not consider binge drinking at any level safe. It is a huge public health
problem.”
Thomas Frieden, MD, MPHDirector, Centers for Disease Control
Sobering Statistics
Alcohol – a frequentPartner in Crime
andHigh-Risk Behaviors
Alcohol is a leading factor 67% of domestic violence 62% of assaults 54% of murders/attempted
murder 48% of robberies 44% of burglaries 66% of child abuse 75% of date rape 90% of sexual assaults on coeds
Alcohol-related car crashes kill more people ages 16 to 20 than any other age
group.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA)
Underage Drinkingand the role of theJustice Community
Best PracticeAs the nation’s worst drug
problem, the criminal justice community must treat underage drinking with the seriousness it
deserves.
http://www.udetc.org/documents/judicial/compendium.pdf
Pacific Institute forResearch and Evaluation
Judicial-Probation Project11720 Beltsville Drive, Suite 900
Calverton, MD [email protected]
603-369-1766
http://www.udetc.org/judicial/judicialproject.asp
Contact Information
Ronald E. BogleSuperior Court Judge (Retired)Community Strategies Group
154 Lake Ellen DriveChapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) [email protected]