Join us for a Town Hall meeting and Informational Forum on Underage Drinking. Free OMSI Activities and other Activities. FREE and Open to the Public. FREE fun for the entire family.

Event location: Youth and Family Link, 907 Douglas St, Longview WA.

Hosted by Cowlitz County's Youth Prevention Club, Youth and Family Link, ESD112, Toutle Lake High School, and the Cowlitz Community Network.

*Taken from a PowerPoint by Jordon Hillhouse from the CADCA National Leadership Forum 

THING 1

Realities:

-The world is a tough place. About .08% of high school football players make it to the NFL. That's 800 out of 1 million. 1 in 7 million win an Oscar. There's a 1 in 175 million chance of winning the lottery. 

-Hard work is hard! Many people fresh out of college expect to be the CEO. It doesn't work that way. Experience is the big teacher.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/287518.php

Binge drinking is defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as drinking enough to reach or exceed a blood alcohol content of .08, which is also the legal limit for driving. This level is usually achieved after four drinks for women or five drinks for men, consumed over 2 hours.

Provided to us by Angela Whitney and a group of students from her after school program is a fantastic resource for information about drinking and driving. Many resources and outlets to check out! A huge thank you to these students for being assertive and finding these useful tools.

http://www.newbeginningsdrugrehab.org/drunk-driving-facts-and-stats

Drugs are such a prevalent topic in today's society. Between seeing articles in the local newspaper, hearing a story on the evening news about all the states that are considering the legalization of marijuana and a media outlet telling us about our favorite celebrities going back to rehab; we are constantly surrounded by talk about drugs.