Information for the Media


April Is Alcohol Awareness Month

Alcohol Awareness Month, observed by communities throughout the United States , is a national grassroots effort to support research, education, intervention and treatment for alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.

Sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence since 1987, Alcohol Awareness Month offers organizations with different missions an opportunity to work together to raise awareness about the negative consequences of underage drinking.


ALCOHOL-FREE WEEKEND TO BE OBSERVED APRIL 6-8, 2007

Alcohol-Free Weekend, traditionally observed during Alcohol Awareness Month in April, is scheduled the first weekend in April.

The Ohio Department of Public Safety asks parents and other adults to use this weekend to explain to young people that alcohol isn't necessary to have a good time. Parents are encouraged to discuss the effects and consequences of underage drinking with their children.

The Department of Public Safety encourages to to learn more about the following:

The program
The goals of the program
Facts about underage drinking
Events
How you can help
Additional Information
Contact us

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The program

The Ohio Department of Public Safety's program 21 Wait…Learn…Live…, is an alcohol awareness program for all schools that focus the following issues:

•  underage drinking

•  penalties for Operating a Motor-Vehicle after Underage Consumption (OMVUAC),

•  the use of fake ID's to purchase alcohol and

•  the penalties that parents and liquor establishments can face if they provide alcohol to children under the age of 21.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The goals of the program are to:

  1. Educate 12- to 18-year-olds and encourage them to “wait, learn, live” as it relates to consuming alcohol, thereby reducing the number of impaired driving crashes and fatalities among Ohio teens by 10 percent by 2010
  2. Using a cause and effect approach and message in the campaign that shows real consequences of alcohol use.
  3. Remind students that the legal drinking age is 21, and if they choose to drink before that age, they are breaking the law
  4. Reinforce to parents and liquor establishments that they face serious consequences if they furnish alcohol to minors

How you can help
The Department is always open to community and media partnerships to help promote safety efforts in the State.
Please feel free to contact us with ideas you may have to raise safety awareness in your communities.

Contact us

If you have any question regarding the 21 Wait...Learn... Live... youth alcohol awareness campaign please contact the Ohio ivnvestigative Unit Public Information Officer:

Julie Hinds
614-466-4344
E-mail JLHinds@dps.state.oh.us