Make healthy choices about alcohol.
If you don’t, there are consequences.
“Party 101: Consequences”
April 10th, 7:00 PM
Willie Pigg Auditorium
1520 N. Walnut Creek Lane
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Mansfield, TX – The high school PTSA's will present an event to help address the problem of teen alcohol and drug abuse on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at the Willie Pigg Auditorium.
The drug and alcohol awareness event entitled “Party 101: Consequences,” will be presented by all the MISD high school Parent Teacher Student Associations on April 10th, 7:00 PM at the Willie Pigg Auditorium, 1520 N. Walnut Creek Lane.
Presentations will be made by Leslie Boggs, program presenter for Texas PTA and MISD Police Sergeant Minter.
The Texas PTA and the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas have put together a documentary addressing the problem of teen alcohol and drug abuse. The project helps teens, parents and educators appreciate the negative affects of underage drinking. Parents will be able to see what really goes on at these parties and how, even if their children are not drinking at the party, they are affected by the behavior of those who are drinking.
“We are also hoping to inform parents of the consequences to those who supply alcohol or drugs to teens,” says Katrina May, Summit High School PTSA President. “Officer Minter will be bringing home the message of what is going on in our very own community.”
Facts
- 30,000 young people each year need treatment for acute alcohol poisoning.
- Underage alcohol use costs this country $53 billion per year mostly in the form of traffic
fatalities and violent incidents.
- Communities throughout Texas want to keep students safe and help them make healthy
decisions about alcohol and substance abuse.
- Each day in the United States more than 5,000 kids under 16 take their first drink of
alcohol.
- The average age of the first alcoholic drink in Texas is 12 years old.
- 75 percent of high school students in Texas have had at least one alcoholic drink.
- 31 percent of parents of 15-16 year olds believe their child had a drink in the past year.
- 60 percent of 15-16 year olds report drinking.
- More disturbing Texas stats related to underage drinking
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