Underage drinking is everyone's problem. Car crashes, unplanned pregnancies, rapes, violence, alcohol dependency and other serious health issues are all consequences of underage drinking. When it is a problem for our youth in Middletown and Newport, it's your problem too!

You can help! Research shows that youths are receptive to clear, consistent no-use messages from the people and organizations that touch their lives. It's essential that schools, parents, law enforcement, media, social service agencies and the community-at-large work together to send this message to our youth. "Working Together Against Underage Drinking," the towns of Middletown and Newport have come together to implement an underage drinking prevention program.

This community based prevention effort is designed to reduce the access and availability of alcohol to minors. Focusing on the many ways underage drinkers are gaining access to alcohol, a campaign has been created that speaks to older siblings, friends, parents and our local alcohol vendors.

We feel strongly that together we can make a difference!