Underage and Excessive Alcohol Use Impacts Everyone

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Underage and Excessive Alcohol Use Impacts
Everyone

• Committee for Healthy Choices

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Its not just those college kids

• University of Iowa binge drinking rate -- 69
  (CAS)
• Average U.S. College binge drinking rate -- 46
  (CAS)
• Iowa State binge drinking rate -- 42 (CAS)
• Johnson County 11th graders that binged in the
  last month 27 (Iowa Youth Survey, Johnson
  County 2002)
• Johnson County 11th graders that binged 6 days or
  more in the last month 7 (Iowa Youth Survey,
  Johnson County 2002)

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Do the Math

• 5917 bar seats downtown in bars that charge cover
  (IC Building Dept.)
• Cover charge at 5.00 each equals 29,585 per
  night, 88,755 cash for three nights a week,
  4,615,260 cash per year

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• 17,800 underage students at the U of I able to go
  into the bars (UI))
• 2,119,122 spent on alcohol each school year by
  underage U of I students (CAS)
• Iowa City is a drinking destination for underage
  consumers (Tom Baker, UI Vice President for
  Student Affairs)

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High risk drinking affects the health and future
of all young people

• 38 of UI students have been insulted/humiliated
  by a drunk student (CAS)
• 80 of UI students have had study interrupted
  (CAS)
• 31 have experienced unwanted sexual advances,
  regretted sexual activity (CAS)

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1981 there were 17 liquor licenses in downtown
Iowa City, 10 were bars
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2005 there are 48 liquor licenses in downtown
Iowa City, 32 are bars
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Research indicates that these environmental
changes work (NIAAA)

• Reduce underage access to bars and places that
  serve alcohol
• Enforce the laws
• Use zoning to control outlet density
• Regulate drink price specials
• Require server training
• Minimum age for Sellers and Bartenders

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What environmental change has already occurred in
Iowa City?

• Alcohol free dorms and Greek houses
• No alcohol in Kinnick Stadium
• Alcohol free tailgate lot and closing lot 6
• Parental notification
• mystudentbody.com
• Off campus living guide
• Nuisance party ordinance
• Beer Keg Registration

• Nuisance property ordinance
• Server training
• Prohibit all you can drink specials
• Increased dram shop insurance required
• 19 ordinance reducing access
• Participation on the Iowa Alcoholic Beverage
  Commission

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Benefits of 21 only

• 21 only creates a legal level playing field in
  Iowa City
• 21 is the law in Ames, Cedar Rapids, Illinois,
  Quad Cities
• Iowa City will no longer be a drinking
  destination
• World wide research shows that reducing access to
  alcohol reduces illegal consumption
• A real market opportunity for alternative
  activities will be created

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Who supports 21?

• Community survey indicates 62 SUPPORT a 21 only
  ordinance (Cogent Research, 2001)
• The Gazette and Press-Citizen
• Public health officials
• University administration
• Johnson County Medical Society
• Health Iowa