Fairfield Liquor Store Owners Supported #MentionPrevention Effort to Stem Underage Drinking During the Holidays Written by Cathy Hazlett
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Fairfield, CT - During the months of November and December, in conjunction with the Fairfield CARES Community Coalition, Fairfield’s liquor stores opted into the “Let’s #MentionPrevention” program to remind parents and other adults of the dangers of underage drinking.
Fairfield CARES is the designated local prevention council and youth and young adult substance prevention coalition for the Fairfield community. The coalition’s most recent data showed that 31% of Fairfield’s high schoolers drank alcohol in the past month, ranging from 16% in ninth grade up to 51% in 12th grade. Liquor store owners are often the front line in defense of the Connecticut underage drinking laws and can be frustrated by some parents and community attitudes. “I wish more people would take it more seriously” said Mike Urban from the Wine Z