Reach Out Now/Too Smart to Start is a program that helps youth, families, educators, and communities prevent underage alcohol use and its related problems. It provides useful programs and strategies, downloadable materials, interactive games and exercises, and other resources to support you in responding to The Surgeon General's Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking.

The Georgia Summit To Prevent Underage Drinking

December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
In an effort to increase community awareness, December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month. First started in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan, this national holiday has experienced increased community support and continues to promote safer streets on a daily basis.  Click here to read the proclamation from President Barack Obama.

Underage Drinking in Georgia: The Facts

Conducting Compliance Check Operations: A Distance Learning Course for Law Enforcement and others from UDETC Flyer.     Click here to begin course.

Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center

Click here to view Learn to Grow Inc's public service announcement about not drinking and driving.  Click on the logo below to go to their Web site.

    After-School Programs

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Click for Press Release: The Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) has awarded a $91,400 grant to The Council on Alcohol and Drugs in order to establish and deliver regular Responsible Alcohol Sales and Service (RASS) Workshops in four counties in Georgia.

Quick Fact
A national survey of more than 2,500 11th and 12th graders indicates that 90% of teens believe their counterparts are more likely to drink and drive on prom night, but only 29% of teens believe that driving on prom night comes with a high degree of danger USA Today Reports.

More details from the study in its entirety can be found here.

It Works! Newsletter

For a free drug free workplace poster and a free DVD, click here.

Drug free workplace - Over 77% of all illicit drug users are employed.  Small and medium-sized firms employ 80% of the U.S. workforce where drug testing policies & programs are not in place. Absenteeism, increased healthcare costs and decreased productivity due to alcohol and other substance abuse costs your company $1,000 per employee per year.

Free Drug Free Workplace Poster

Drug testing and drug free workplace programs are an institution in many workplaces these days.  According to a recent poll by the Institute for a Drug Free Workplace, more than 71% of major U.S. companies regularly test for drugs and alcohol. In a 2005 Gallup poll survey, 37% of respondents said that substance abuse problems at work had increased in the last 5 years.

Street Smarts: Just Say Yes

Statement from Office of National Drug Control Policy Director.

Drug Free Workplace Assistance: Click on Drug Free Workplace

Georgia Canine Detection Services

To Report Underage Alcohol and Tobacco Violations, Call Toll Free 1-877-CHECK ID or Email Us By Clicking Here:
Underage Alcohol and Tobacco Violations

Alcohol Cost Calculator

View Friends Don't Let Friends Die Flyer

See a 10 minute Drug Free Workplace Training.

Request a free Drug Free Workplace DVD and poster.

To learn more about underage drinking prevention, please click on the logo below

Insurance agents: assist your clients with drug free workplace certification.

PARENTS: click here for assistance.  Parents@work.

Drugs Don't Work in Georgia is funded by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Addictive Diseases, Office of Prevention Services and Programs.