Event Planning Resources
Each year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage drinking reports on the prevalence and nature of underage drinking and the national efforts and best practices to address the problem. It also reports on state policies, enforcement activities, and prevention programs underway to address underage drinking.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
Measuring outcomes from your Communities Talk activity will help you shape future programs that keep the momentum going on underage drinking prevention. Sharing your results also demonstrates the value of Communities Talk in your community and helps SAMHSA better understand your local prevention landscape. This page includes information on how to evaluate your own Communities Talk activity and share key outcomes.
Before you start planning your Communities Talk activity, you need to determine the prevention needs in your community. This page includes assessment tools and data resources you can use to make the process easier.
SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework uses a five-step planning process to guide states, jurisdictions, tribes, and communities in the selection, implementation, and evaluation of effective, culturally appropriate, and sustainable prevention activities.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is an annual survey that provides national and state-level data on the use of tobacco, alcohol (including underage drinking), and illicit drugs and on mental health in the United States. NSDUH is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
DAWN is the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA's) public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments and drug-related deaths investigated by medical examiners and coroners. This resource provides a number of data and reports to show the impact of drug use, misuse, and abuse in metropolitan areas and across the nation.
Each year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage drinking reports on the prevalence and nature of underage drinking and the national efforts and best practices to address the problem. It also reports on state policies, enforcement activities, and prevention programs underway to address underage drinking.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework uses a five-step planning process to guide states, jurisdictions, tribes, and communities in the selection, implementation, and evaluation of effective, culturally appropriate, and sustainable prevention activities.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is an annual survey that provides national and state-level data on the use of tobacco, alcohol (including underage drinking), and illicit drugs and on mental health in the United States. NSDUH is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
DAWN is the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA's) public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments and drug-related deaths investigated by medical examiners and coroners. This resource provides a number of data and reports to show the impact of drug use, misuse, and abuse in metropolitan areas and across the nation.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration thanks you for hosting a Communities Talk event. The work you are doing is helping start or support a conversation around underage drinking prevention, making your community safer, healthier, and smarter about the consequences of underage drinking.
This archived webinar from June 2019 brings youth presenters to the table, highlighting the role youth and young adults play in underage drinking prevention efforts. The presenters explain how organizations and preventionists can engage young people in Communities Talk events, where they can serve as both prevention leaders and advocates.
Use the following resources to help plan and promote your Communities Talk event or activity. These materials are predesigned with the Communities Talk icon and can be customized to support your unique content needs.
The prevention needs in your community will help you determine the best format and timing for your Communities Talk activity. Use the tips and resources on this page to make sure your activity responds to community needs and has an impact.
When planning a Communities Talk activity, either in-person or virtually, your agenda will serve as a meeting map, giving attendees a direct path between what they will learn and what they can do.
Local partners and sponsors have a stake in your community's health and future. They can also help you expand the resources and reach of your Communities Talk activity. Read this page to learn more about how to identify, recruit, and maintain strategic partnerships to support Communities Talk.
Not all partners need to give you financial support. In fact, the quality of your Communities Talk event or activity can also be enriched with in-kind support from community organizations. This page includes tips on how to ask for in-kind contributions to support your prevention activities.
The role of the facilitator is to guide and manage the flow of an activity. This page summarizes facilitator responsibilities and provides tips to help achieve the goals of your Communities Talk activity.
This brochure dispels common myths about underage alcohol use and helps 9- to 15-year-olds understand the dangers associated with using alcohol.
Find out how underage drinking trends are changing among women and young girls.
Media interviews are a prime opportunity to emphasize the importance of underage drinking and other substance use prevention. The following tips will help you or your spokespersons tell your story to media outlets.
Media coverage is an important tool for spreading the underage drinking prevention message throughout your community. It can boost participation, increase community awareness of underage drinking, and mobilize groups to work together on prevention.
Are you planning a Communities Talk Meeting in May to prevent underage drinking? Consider tying it to National Prevention Week (NPW), an annual observance sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to increase public awareness of, and action around, substance abuse and mental health issues.
Tips for writing a media advisory, which is distributed before your activity specifically to invite news reporters to attend and/or cover it.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
This archived webinar from June 2019 brings youth presenters to the table, highlighting the role youth and young adults play in underage drinking prevention efforts. The presenters explain how organizations and preventionists can engage young people in Communities Talk events, where they can serve as both prevention leaders and advocates.
Use the following resources to help plan and promote your Communities Talk event or activity. These materials are predesigned with the Communities Talk icon and can be customized to support your unique content needs.
Media interviews are a prime opportunity to emphasize the importance of underage drinking and other substance use prevention. The following tips will help you or your spokespersons tell your story to media outlets.
Media coverage is an important tool for spreading the underage drinking prevention message throughout your community. It can boost participation, increase community awareness of underage drinking, and mobilize groups to work together on prevention.
Tips for writing a media advisory, which is distributed before your activity specifically to invite news reporters to attend and/or cover it.
A promotion plan will help you stay organized and on track to raise awareness about your Communities Talk activity. Use the tips on this page to get started on creating a promotion plan that will ensure you reach your key audiences and increase awareness about underage drinking prevention.
You have a plan, now you need to put it into action. Use this page to learn how you can maximize the impact of your event or activity to achieve the goals outlined in your promotion plan.
Use these graphics on your social media profiles to raise awareness about underage drinking prevention.
Use these pre-created and customizable Facebook messages to help promote your activity.
Use these pre-created and customizable tweets to help promote your Communities Talk activity.
Not sure what to say about your Communities Talk activity, or when to say it? Take a look at this content guide for tips to get your message out.
Thess tips and tools will help you locate and engage local media to help you promote your Communities Talk Meeting.
Prevention happens every day, all year. Just because your Communities Talk activity is over doesn't mean you need to stop prevention promotion. On this page, learn how to keep the momentum going with these ideas for year-round community and media engagement.
This opinion editorial template can be used to raise awareness for your event through traditional media outlets such as your local newspaper or business newsletter.
The goal of a press release is to be print ready. You can send out your release before an event to encourage coverage or after your event to report on accomplishments and anticipated action.
Like a media advisory, a pitch should also answer a reporter's basic questions related to the five Ws-who, what, when, where, and why-of your Communities Talk activity.
This guide provides the basics of social media so you can decide which platforms to use to promote your Communities Talk activity.
Use these tips to help write blogs posts about underage drinking prevention.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
Measuring outcomes from your Communities Talk activity will help you shape future programs that keep the momentum going on underage drinking prevention. Sharing your results also demonstrates the value of Communities Talk in your community and helps SAMHSA better understand your local prevention landscape. This page includes information on how to evaluate your own Communities Talk activity and share key outcomes.
Before you start planning your Communities Talk activity, you need to determine the prevention needs in your community. This page includes assessment tools and data resources you can use to make the process easier.
SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework uses a five-step planning process to guide states, jurisdictions, tribes, and communities in the selection, implementation, and evaluation of effective, culturally appropriate, and sustainable prevention activities.
Prevention happens every day, all year. Just because your Communities Talk activity is over doesn't mean you need to stop prevention promotion. On this page, learn how to keep the momentum going with these ideas for year-round community and media engagement.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration thanks you for hosting a Communities Talk event. The work you are doing is helping start or support a conversation around underage drinking prevention, making your community safer, healthier, and smarter about the consequences of underage drinking.
This archived webinar from June 2019 brings youth presenters to the table, highlighting the role youth and young adults play in underage drinking prevention efforts. The presenters explain how organizations and preventionists can engage young people in Communities Talk events, where they can serve as both prevention leaders and advocates.
Use the following resources to help plan and promote your Communities Talk event or activity. These materials are predesigned with the Communities Talk icon and can be customized to support your unique content needs.
When planning a Communities Talk activity, either in-person or virtually, your agenda will serve as a meeting map, giving attendees a direct path between what they will learn and what they can do.
Local partners and sponsors have a stake in your community's health and future. They can also help you expand the resources and reach of your Communities Talk activity. Read this page to learn more about how to identify, recruit, and maintain strategic partnerships to support Communities Talk.
Not all partners need to give you financial support. In fact, the quality of your Communities Talk event or activity can also be enriched with in-kind support from community organizations. This page includes tips on how to ask for in-kind contributions to support your prevention activities.
The role of the facilitator is to guide and manage the flow of an activity. This page summarizes facilitator responsibilities and provides tips to help achieve the goals of your Communities Talk activity.
You have a plan, now you need to put it into action. Use this page to learn how you can maximize the impact of your event or activity to achieve the goals outlined in your promotion plan.
Prevention happens every day, all year. Just because your Communities Talk activity is over doesn't mean you need to stop prevention promotion. On this page, learn how to keep the momentum going with these ideas for year-round community and media engagement.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
Measuring outcomes from your Communities Talk activity will help you shape future programs that keep the momentum going on underage drinking prevention. Sharing your results also demonstrates the value of Communities Talk in your community and helps SAMHSA better understand your local prevention landscape. This page includes information on how to evaluate your own Communities Talk activity and share key outcomes.
This archived webinar from June 2019 brings youth presenters to the table, highlighting the role youth and young adults play in underage drinking prevention efforts. The presenters explain how organizations and preventionists can engage young people in Communities Talk events, where they can serve as both prevention leaders and advocates.
Media interviews are a prime opportunity to emphasize the importance of underage drinking and other substance use prevention. The following tips will help you or your spokespersons tell your story to media outlets.
Media coverage is an important tool for spreading the underage drinking prevention message throughout your community. It can boost participation, increase community awareness of underage drinking, and mobilize groups to work together on prevention.
A promotion plan will help you stay organized and on track to raise awareness about your Communities Talk activity. Use the tips on this page to get started on creating a promotion plan that will ensure you reach your key audiences and increase awareness about underage drinking prevention.
Thess tips and tools will help you locate and engage local media to help you promote your Communities Talk Meeting.
This opinion editorial template can be used to raise awareness for your event through traditional media outlets such as your local newspaper or business newsletter.
The goal of a press release is to be print ready. You can send out your release before an event to encourage coverage or after your event to report on accomplishments and anticipated action.
Like a media advisory, a pitch should also answer a reporter's basic questions related to the five Ws-who, what, when, where, and why-of your Communities Talk activity.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
This brochure dispels common myths about underage alcohol use and helps 9- to 15-year-olds understand the dangers associated with using alcohol.
Find out how underage drinking trends are changing among women and young girls.
The college student drinking factsheet gives an overview of the issue and breaks down binge and heavy drinking by gender, alcohol use consequences, and alcohol use prevention. Download, print, and share these factsheets throughout the year as a part of your underage drinking prevention efforts.
The underage drinking factsheet provides an overview of underage alcohol use and the overall health and safety risks. The factsheet also includes data on underage drinking by adolescents and young adults as well as a breakdown of underage drinking by gender and racial/ethnic group, including information about the downward trend in current, binge, and heavy drinking in the last 12 years.
This booklet from NIAAA outlines the latest research-based treatments for substance abuse and what to consider when choosing among them. It also provides detailed descriptions of the two types of professionally led treatments shown to benefit people with alcohol use disorders and improve mental health: established behavioral treatments that focus on changing drinking behaviors, and medications, which are often coupled with behavioral treatment.
This guide is designed to help health care professionals quickly identify youth at risk for alcohol-related behavioral and mental health problems, as early intervention and treatment can prevent future substance abuse. Copies of the guide are available to order or download on the NIAAA website.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
This archived webinar from June 2019 brings youth presenters to the table, highlighting the role youth and young adults play in underage drinking prevention efforts. The presenters explain how organizations and preventionists can engage young people in Communities Talk events, where they can serve as both prevention leaders and advocates.
The college student drinking factsheet gives an overview of the issue and breaks down binge and heavy drinking by gender, alcohol use consequences, and alcohol use prevention. Download, print, and share these factsheets throughout the year as a part of your underage drinking prevention efforts.
The underage drinking factsheet provides an overview of underage alcohol use and the overall health and safety risks. The factsheet also includes data on underage drinking by adolescents and young adults as well as a breakdown of underage drinking by gender and racial/ethnic group, including information about the downward trend in current, binge, and heavy drinking in the last 12 years.
Students preparing to attend college have already taken several steps toward independence. Deciding where to go to college, what career path to pursue, and how to finance an advanced education are all choices in learning how to be an adult. But they are not there yet. Young adults still need and value their parents' guidance as they make decisions about their future. One of these decisions will be about alcohol use at collegeand parents represent the best source of advice on the issue.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
The college student drinking factsheet gives an overview of the issue and breaks down binge and heavy drinking by gender, alcohol use consequences, and alcohol use prevention. Download, print, and share these factsheets throughout the year as a part of your underage drinking prevention efforts.
Students preparing to attend college have already taken several steps toward independence. Deciding where to go to college, what career path to pursue, and how to finance an advanced education are all choices in learning how to be an adult. But they are not there yet. Young adults still need and value their parents' guidance as they make decisions about their future. One of these decisions will be about alcohol use at collegeand parents represent the best source of advice on the issue.
CollegeAIM (the College Alcohol Intervention Matrix) is a resource developed to help schools address harmful and underage student drinking. Developed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) with leading college alcohol researchers and staff, it is an easy-to-use and comprehensive tool for college administrators and staff to identify effective alcohol interventions. It can help schools choose interventions wisely to boost their chances for success and help them improve the health and safety of their students.
A 4-page brochure from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism about abusive college drinking, including consequences; factors affecting student drinking; and individual, campus, and community strategies addressing student drinking.
NSSLE provides state, school, and district administrators; institutions of higher education; teachers; support staff and schools; communities and families; and students with training, technical assistance activities, and evidence-based resources that promote positive behaviors and health among students. NSSLE is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Healthy Students, and this website serves as a central location for the Center and includes information about products, tools, and the latest research findings.
College Drinking: Changing the Culture is a one-stop resource for comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students. Developed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the website provides a number of resources for college presidents, parents, and students, as well as high school administrators, parents, and students.
Each year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage drinking reports on the prevalence and nature of underage drinking and the national efforts and best practices to address the problem. It also reports on state policies, enforcement activities, and prevention programs underway to address underage drinking.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
Measuring outcomes from your Communities Talk activity will help you shape future programs that keep the momentum going on underage drinking prevention. Sharing your results also demonstrates the value of Communities Talk in your community and helps SAMHSA better understand your local prevention landscape. This page includes information on how to evaluate your own Communities Talk activity and share key outcomes.
SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework uses a five-step planning process to guide states, jurisdictions, tribes, and communities in the selection, implementation, and evaluation of effective, culturally appropriate, and sustainable prevention activities.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is an annual survey that provides national and state-level data on the use of tobacco, alcohol (including underage drinking), and illicit drugs and on mental health in the United States. NSDUH is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
This archived webinar from June 2019 brings youth presenters to the table, highlighting the role youth and young adults play in underage drinking prevention efforts. The presenters explain how organizations and preventionists can engage young people in Communities Talk events, where they can serve as both prevention leaders and advocates.
The college student drinking factsheet gives an overview of the issue and breaks down binge and heavy drinking by gender, alcohol use consequences, and alcohol use prevention. Download, print, and share these factsheets throughout the year as a part of your underage drinking prevention efforts.
The underage drinking factsheet provides an overview of underage alcohol use and the overall health and safety risks. The factsheet also includes data on underage drinking by adolescents and young adults as well as a breakdown of underage drinking by gender and racial/ethnic group, including information about the downward trend in current, binge, and heavy drinking in the last 12 years.
The Communities Talk Meetings To Prevent Underage Drinking Quick Start Planning Guide is intended to help community based organizations quickly and easily join SAMHSA, ICCPUD, and other national partners in preventing underage and high-risk drinking by hosting a results-oriented event in their community.
This brochure dispels common myths about underage alcohol use and helps 9- to 15-year-olds understand the dangers associated with using alcohol.
The college student drinking factsheet gives an overview of the issue and breaks down binge and heavy drinking by gender, alcohol use consequences, and alcohol use prevention. Download, print, and share these factsheets throughout the year as a part of your underage drinking prevention efforts.
The underage drinking factsheet provides an overview of underage alcohol use and the overall health and safety risks. The factsheet also includes data on underage drinking by adolescents and young adults as well as a breakdown of underage drinking by gender and racial/ethnic group, including information about the downward trend in current, binge, and heavy drinking in the last 12 years.
This booklet from NIAAA outlines the latest research-based treatments for substance abuse and what to consider when choosing among them. It also provides detailed descriptions of the two types of professionally led treatments shown to benefit people with alcohol use disorders and improve mental health: established behavioral treatments that focus on changing drinking behaviors, and medications, which are often coupled with behavioral treatment.
This guide is designed to help health care professionals quickly identify youth at risk for alcohol-related behavioral and mental health problems, as early intervention and treatment can prevent future substance abuse. Copies of the guide are available to order or download on the NIAAA website.
A 4-page brochure from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism about abusive college drinking, including consequences; factors affecting student drinking; and individual, campus, and community strategies addressing student drinking.
Each year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage drinking reports on the prevalence and nature of underage drinking and the national efforts and best practices to address the problem. It also reports on state policies, enforcement activities, and prevention programs underway to address underage drinking.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is an annual survey that provides national and state-level data on the use of tobacco, alcohol (including underage drinking), and illicit drugs and on mental health in the United States. NSDUH is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
DAWN is the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA's) public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments and drug-related deaths investigated by medical examiners and coroners. This resource provides a number of data and reports to show the impact of drug use, misuse, and abuse in metropolitan areas and across the nation.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration thanks you for hosting a Communities Talk event. The work you are doing is helping start or support a conversation around underage drinking prevention, making your community safer, healthier, and smarter about the consequences of underage drinking.
This archived webinar from June 2019 brings youth presenters to the table, highlighting the role youth and young adults play in underage drinking prevention efforts. The presenters explain how organizations and preventionists can engage young people in Communities Talk events, where they can serve as both prevention leaders and advocates.
Students preparing to attend college have already taken several steps toward independence. Deciding where to go to college, what career path to pursue, and how to finance an advanced education are all choices in learning how to be an adult. But they are not there yet. Young adults still need and value their parents' guidance as they make decisions about their future. One of these decisions will be about alcohol use at collegeand parents represent the best source of advice on the issue.
On March 20, 2019, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) hosted a webinar with experts from around the country to discuss best practices for engaging partners in planning, hosting, and promoting a successful Communities Talk event. SAMHSA encourages audiences to view and share this video with their communities or any organizations they know that would be interested in hosting a Communities Talk event.
The 2016 Communities Talk Meetings to Prevent Underage Drinking promotional presentation first aired at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 12th Annual Prevention Day on February 1, 2016. This multimedia presentation raises awareness about the initiative's focus on educating communities about underage drinking and mobilizing them around underage drinking prevention.
SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework uses a five-step planning process to guide states, jurisdictions, tribes, and communities in the selection, implementation, and evaluation of effective, culturally appropriate, and sustainable prevention activities.
Are you planning a Communities Talk Meeting in May to prevent underage drinking? Consider tying it to National Prevention Week (NPW), an annual observance sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to increase public awareness of, and action around, substance abuse and mental health issues.
CollegeAIM (the College Alcohol Intervention Matrix) is a resource developed to help schools address harmful and underage student drinking. Developed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) with leading college alcohol researchers and staff, it is an easy-to-use and comprehensive tool for college administrators and staff to identify effective alcohol interventions. It can help schools choose interventions wisely to boost their chances for success and help them improve the health and safety of their students.
NSSLE provides state, school, and district administrators; institutions of higher education; teachers; support staff and schools; communities and families; and students with training, technical assistance activities, and evidence-based resources that promote positive behaviors and health among students. NSSLE is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Healthy Students, and this website serves as a central location for the Center and includes information about products, tools, and the latest research findings.
College Drinking: Changing the Culture is a one-stop resource for comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students. Developed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the website provides a number of resources for college presidents, parents, and students, as well as high school administrators, parents, and students.
This resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes information and resources from its Alcohol Program, which has the mission to strengthen the scientific foundation for preventing excessive alcohol consumption. The webpage includes fact sheets on the age-21 minimum legal drinking age, binge drinking, and underage drinking, as well as national survey data, public health guidelines, and other online tools.
The Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) works with governments and organizations at the state, territory, and local levels to reduce and prevent underage drinking and its consequences. ICCPUD's website, stopalcoholabuse.gov, features a number of resources to help states and communities address the problem of underage drinking.