April’s Alcohol Awareness Month may be coming to a
close but its important facts and information continue in their relevance. InnerAct
Alliance would like to remind parents and caregivers to stay informed and talk
with your kids to help prevent early experimentation with alcohol, which can
begin as young as age 9. Prevention efforts need to begin just as early.
In 2019, a little over two million 12-17-year-olds used
alcohol for the first time, which averages to approximately 6,200 adolescents
who begin using alcohol each day.
Parents really are the first line of prevention, so open the
doors of communication to share the facts and risks of alcohol and other drug
use. Your kids WILL listen. Informed, prepared parents/guardians and
communities have the best chance of getting ahead of underage drinking and
other substance misuse.
Learn more at https://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/
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