The Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program

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The Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program

• Maine Law Enforcement Sub-Grantee Training
• Aidan J. Moore
• Program Director
• Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
• Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center

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Costs of Underage Drinking in the United States
Total 60.3 Billion Dollars
(1.6 Billion Dollar Reduction from 2001)
Source Dr. Ted Miller - Pacific Institute for
Research and Evaluation, July 2007
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Costs of Underage Drinking in Maine - 2005
Total 283.3 Million Dollars
Source Dr. Ted Miller - Pacific Institute for
Research and Evaluation, July 2007
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Problems and Costs Associated with Underage
Drinking in Maine

• Underage drinking cost the citizens of Maine 283
  million in 2005.
• This translates to a cost of 2,173 per year for
  each youth in the State.
• Maine ranks 25th highest among the 50 states for
  the cost per youth of underage drinking.
• Excluding pain and suffering from these costs,
  the direct costs of underage drinking incurred
  through medical care and loss of work cost Maine
  107 million each year.

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Alcohol Consumption by Youth in Maine

• Underage drinking is widespread in Maine.
  Approximately 59,000 underage youth in Maine
  drink each year. In 2005, according to YRBS
  self-reports by Maine students in grades 9-12
• 84 had at least one drink of alcohol on one
  or more days during their life.
• 18 had their first drink of alcohol, other
  than a few sips, before age 13.
• 43 had at least one drink of alcohol on one
  or more occasion in the past 30 days.
• 25 had five or more drinks of alcohol in a
  row (i.e., binge drinking) in the past 30 days.
• 4 had at least one drink of alcohol on school
  property on one or more of the past 30 days.
• In 2005, underage drinkers consumed 15.0 of all
  alcohol sold in Maine, totaling 108 million in
  sales.
• These sales provided profits of 52 million to
  the alcohol industry.

Source Dr. Ted Miller - Pacific Institute for
Research and Evaluation, July 2007
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Federal Initiative - EUDL

• Enforcing Underage Drinking Law Program
• State Block Grants (350,000 per state and D.C.)
• Managed by OJJDPs State Relations Unit (SRAD)
• Discretionary Funds (6,640,000)
• Managed by OJJDPs Demonstration Programs Unit
• Evaluation (Wake Forest University and NIAAA)
• Discretionary Grants
• Training and Technical Assistance
• Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation -
  PIRE

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Helping States Address the Problem

• EUDL funding has helped states promote community
  awareness of underage drinking, encourage changes
  in norms regarding underage drinking, and develop
  organizational structures and relationships to
  support coordinated efforts.
• Local EUDL programs have increased law
  enforcements capacity to enforce underage
  drinking laws, engaged and trained youth to be
  leaders in combating underage drinking, increased
  prevention and public awareness efforts, and
  tackled the challenging issues of alcohol
  consumption on college campuses.

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Logic Model - Planning Tool

• States have been encouraged to adopt the logic
  model planning tool to address UAP in their
  plans.
• A Logic Model for underage alcohol prevention
  maps a problem in terms of three components
• A clear definition of problem(s) to be addressed
  (consequences and behaviors)
• Intervening variables which have scientific
  evidence of contributing to the problem, and
• Prevention strategies (programs, policies,
  practices) with evidence of effectiveness to
  impact one or more intervening variable and/or
  the targeted problem.

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Specifically Targeted Strategies -1

• Reducing Physical Availability
• Creation of alcohol, tobacco and other drug-free
  zones near schools, parks, and other areas where
  youth congregate
• Restrictions on the number, type, and location of
  alcohol outlets within a certain proximity to
  schools
• Closing of problem alcohol outlets
• Prohibitions on alcohol sales and use at
  community and family-oriented events
• Restrictions on Advertising and Promotion Within
  a Certain Proximity to Schools

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Specifically Targeted Strategies -2

• Enforcement Aimed at Limiting Alcohol Access
• Retail compliance checks
• Shoulder Tap enforcement (aimed at third party
  providers)
• Party Patrol enforcement
• Monitoring online activities by youth related to
  alcohol
• Impaired Driving Enforcement

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Specifically Targeted Strategies -3

• Interventions
• Encourage health care providers to conduct brief
  intervention and screening practices with all
  patients who are under the age of 21.
• Education
• prosecutors and judges in order to enhance their
  ability to recognize the full consequences and
  costs of underage drinking.

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The UDETC Mission

• Build leadership capacity and increase the
  effectiveness of States and local communities in
  their efforts to enforce underage drinking laws,
  prevent underage drinking, and
• Eliminate the devastating consequences associated
  with alcohol use by underage youth.
• The Center achieves this goal by providing a wide
  variety of science-based, practical, and
  effective training and technical assistance
  services.

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EUDL/UDETC Services

• Expert Technical Assistance by Center Staff
• Internet Web Site
• Monthly Electronic Resource Alerts
• National Electronic Seminars
• On-line Databases for Recording and Monitoring
  Enforcement Activity
• On-site Training
• Environmental Strategies
• Law Enforcement Strategies
• Training Certification
• Publication of Documents and Other Materials
• Toll-free Technical Assistance Hotline - (877)
  335-1287
• Annual National Leadership Conference

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Future Services

• National survey of law enforcement to assess
  programming needs and relevance of the type of
  training needed to address this complex problem.
• Training and technical assistance in partnership
  with the American Probation and Parole
  Association (APPA)
• Provide training, education and informational
  resources for the judiciary while encouraging
  greater involvement and leadership by judges and
  the courts addressing underage alcohol problems.

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Future Services

• Expanded technical assistance and outreach to
  include youth empowerment initiatives and
  advocacy training.
• Training ,education and informational resources
  for the judiciary to address underage drinking
  problems.
• Encourage comprehensive evaluation for underage
  alcohol problems that reach the courts.
• Cyber/Virtual world training for law enforcement
  and community groups to develop a better
  understanding of the world of social networking
  websites such as Facebook, MySpace, Xanga,
  LiveJournal, Limewire and Zorpia.

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