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Welcome to our website! Since 2000, the Cheshire Coalition
to Stop Underage Drinking has been working to educate and reduce underage drinking. CCSUD is made up of parents, youth,
school staff, police and other organizations who are helping our youth make good decisions. Alcohol is the
most abused drug by Connecticut's youth. Research has shown that youth today begin to drink at a younger age and
are drinking hard alcohol in large quantities. Often while under the influence, youth engage in other risky behaviors. Research
has also shown that parents and thier disapproval of underage drinking and other risky behaviors is the key reason many
youth not to participate. It is important as individuals and as a community that we encourage
youth to make good decisions to not drink. In 2006, CCSUD was one of 27 communities in Connecticut
that received a three year grant that focuses on underage drinking. To learn how you can get more involved call Sarah
at (203) 639-9940 and check back here often.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
What should be printed?Recently, Cheshire has been spotlighted in numerous articles written by local papers about the policy of releasing the
names of youth ages 16 and older who are caught by police at underage drinking parties. While the policy is part of FOI
rights, and it is up to the discretion of the newspaper to print the information, it has caused a great deal of discussion.
Whatever your personal feelings are on the matter, it is important to utilize this exposure of the underage drinking
issue to the utmost. If the threat of having your or your child's name printed in the paper is enough for you to have
another conversation with youth about underage drinking parties, ways to get out of a situationwhere there is alcohol and
refusal techniques then the it has served its purpose.
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