| Type: | In the News |
| Status: | Live, 02/21/2007 12:00:00 |
| Article Title: | New Law Needed to Curb Drinking Problem |
| WestEd Title: | Petaluma Coalition to Prevent Underage and High-Risk Drinking |
| URL: | http://www1.arguscourier.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070221/OPINION01/70220055 |
| Source: | Petaluma Argus Courier |
| Pub Date: | February 21, 2007 |
| Sort Date: | 02/21/2007 |
| Date Posted: | 02/21/2007 |
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| Image URL Link: | http://www.wested.org/pub/docs/chks_home.html |
| Summary: In Petaluma, California, a new social host ordinance, which became law, levies fines or jail time for adults who condone or allow underage drinking in their homes. The Petaluma Argus Courier recently reported that several community groups, led by the Petaluma Coalition to Prevent Underage and High-Risk Drinking, are collaborating to create another ordinance to deter alcohol abuse. The proposed ordinance would require the employees of businesses selling alcohol to participate in a state-certified Responsible Beverage Service program. Businesses would be reviewed if an individual or member of the police department or other agency registered a complaint that it was in violation of a standard of operation. Community groups have employed data from WestEd's California Healthy Kids Survey as evidence warranting the ordinances. |
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| Program: | Health & Human Development Program |
| Project: | California Healthy Kids Survey |