What Is Seventeen Magazine Telling Our Kids?
How many of your daughters, nieces, sisters or
granddaughters read Seventeen magazine? Do you
ever take a quick look at it? In the February issue of
Seventeen there was an article titled "How Much Can
You Get Away With?" The article presented five
scenarios and proceeds to describe how young people
can "get away" with doing something illegal. The most
disturbing part of the article is that three of the five
scenarios are about hiding alcohol and evading law
enforcement or the intervention of other authorities.
Many of the MYAA youth have already taken it upon
themselves to respond to the editor of Seventeen.
To respond to Seventeen's editor:
E-mail:
MyPage@seventeen .com
or
Write to:
My Page
Seventeen
1440 Broadway
13th Floor
NY, NY 10018
Read the article...
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Greetings!
We hope this newsletter finds everyone in action. 2003
is starting out very positive! Some of the bills
that we support have seen action. This is very
exciting! Bill updates are included in this issue.
Remember to contact Alicia if you have news that you
would like to share with the rest of the members.
(Alicia Ozenberger--aozenberger@moact.org)
Until next month...
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| House Bill 36 | | |  HB36, Keg Tracking, received a "do-pass" in
committee. On February 13th, the Local Government
Committee voted and it passed 9-6. The bill has not
been put on the House calendar yet. Make sure that
your Representative knows that this bill needs to be
heard on the House floor!To view the bill... | | |
| House Bill 336 | | |  This bill would prohibit persons under the age of 21 from
being under the influence of any intoxicating liquor. We
all know this bill as "Minor in Possession by
Consumption." HB 357 has been assigned to the Crime
Prevention and Public Safety Committee. A hearing
date has not been set. We will keep you posted on the
progress of this bill. If you would like to testify in
support of this bill, please let us know.Info on HB 336 | | |
| House Bill 357 | | |  HB 357 would create a fund for reduction of alcohol
related problems and increase various charges for the
sale of intoxicating liquors and nonintoxicating beer.
This bill has not been assigned to a committee and a
hearing has not been scheduled at this time. Watch for
further updates.The full bill... | | |
| House Bill 167 | | |  This bill would increase the penalty for selling
intoxicating liquor to minors. HB 167 has been assigned
to the Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee.
A hearing was held February 25th at 5 pm. We will
update you on the outcome of this hearing.HB 167 | | |
| Latest CAMY Release | | |  The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth released
their latest research on the alcohol industry's efforts to
appear as responsible citizens. CAMY followed it's
recent reports on alcohol marketing in magazines and
on television with a report titled "Drops in the Bucket:
Alcohol Industry "Responsibility" Advertising on
Television in 2001". Their findings are very interesting:
The alcohol industry placed 208,909 commercials
promoting alcoholic beverages on television in 2001,
compared to 2379 responsibility ads. Drops in the
bucket indeed! Can you hear the faint "tink-tink"?For the entire story click here. | | |
| CASA Releases New Report About Substance Abuse | | |  "Transitions from elementary to middle school, from
middle to high school, and from high school to college
are times of increasing risk for girls. Girls making the
transition from high school to college show the largest
increases in smoking, drinking and marijuana use." This
is just one finding from a report recently released by
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
at Columbia University. CASA, as they like to be
called, released a survey titled "The Formative Years:
Pathways to Substance Abuse among Girls and Young
Women Ages 8-22."This 231 page report, the culmination of more than
three years of research and analysis underwritten by
the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, is an
unprecedented analysis of the characteristics of girls
and young women who abuse substances, when they
are at highest risk of doing so and the impact of such
abuse.
Despite promising statistics on recent declines in youth
substance use, more than one quarter (27.7 percent)
of high school girls currently smoke cigarettes, 45
percent drink alcohol, more than a quarter (26.4
percent) binge drink and 20 percent use marijuana.
Younger girls are smoking and drinking like boys. High
school girls are almost as likely as boys to use cocaine
and inhalants. More girls are using substances at earlier
ages, nearly as early as boys. Unfortunately, girls suffer
consequences beyond those of boys.
If you do not want to print out the entire report, please
contact the MYAA office to borrow a copy. To read more about the report please click here: | | |
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