Our Mission...
Cobb Alcohol Taskforce is an alliance of individuals and organizations which mobilizes and challenges Cobb County adults to reduce underage drinking and youth binge drinking, by advancing strategic enforcement, policy and education goals.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Penalty for underage drinking: Ball practice - mdjonline.com 2/23/10
What lessons do our children learn when adults use their influence to help get preferential treatment? When youths and adults are consistently and equitably held accountable for illegal use or provision of alcohol, everybody wins - when they are not, we are all losers! Our children are watching and waiting...how will you use your influence for change?
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Cobb Alcohol Taskforce installed the group’s first board of directors at its quarterly general meeting on Tuesday, February 9, 2010.
Group pictured (l to r): Secretary - Chief Bill Westenberger, Kennesaw Police Department, Chair - Bonnie Brand, Parent Educator, Nominating - Robyn Olivo, Powder Springs Community Taskforce, Enforcement - Lt. Gail Marchant, Cobb County School District Department of Public Safety, By Laws - Brittany Grace, President/CEO The Source Companies, Inc., Youth - Afiya King, The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Program Manager Cobb and Douglas Alcohol Policy Program, Treasurer - Deputy Chief Natalie Poulk, Austell Police Deparment, Communication - Laura Searcy, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Policy - Bob Irving, Retired Banker, Vice Chair - Cathy Wendholt-McDade, District Health Promotion Director for Cobb Public Health, Outreach - Pat Giuliani, GA PTA Youth Services Chair, (not pictured) Data/Evaluation - Jeff Inman, Supervisor Cobb Prevention Intervention Center of Cobb County Schools
Photographer: Luis Mendoza of StudioMendoza.com
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
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The Cobb Alcohol Taskforce is deeply saddened by the lost of a young Kennesaw State University nursing student, Dorian Richard Varcianna. The cause of death has not yet been confirmed. However, an estimated 30,000 college students require medical treatment after overdosing on alcohol each year. Do you know about the dangers of alcohol poisoning? When should you seek professional help for a friend? What do you think we can do as concerned citizens to address the dangers of youth binge drinking?
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
A hundred members and supporters gathered to rally around 10 years of achievement and set new goals for reducing underage and youth binge drinking in Cobb County. Honorees included individuals and organizations that helped meet Cobb Alcohol Taskforce education, enforcement and policy goals;
Education - Michele Stumpe, Evindi Licensing Consulting and Robert Quigley, Cobb Government Communications
Enforcement - Lynda Coker, Cobb County Sheriff's Office and Jason Fincher, Cobb County Solicitor's Office
Policy - Cobb County Board of Commissioners, Tim Lee accepting and Georgia PTA, Donna Kosicki accepting
Tuesday, 08 September 2009
Few are making the call to report underage drinking and/or adult provision of alcohol to minors. Under reporting contributes to Cobb's underage drinking problems! What are some of the barriers to reporting? Share ideas for increasing community reports of underage drinking and commercial or social provisions of alcohol to minors.
Tuesday, 01 September 2009
Adults Provided Free Alcohol to 40 Percent of Underage Drinkers, SAMHSA Report Finds. One in ten binge drinkers get on the road within 2 hours, CDC Report Finds. $60.3 Billion in costs to U.S. citizens are attributed to underage drinking, OMB 2005 Report Finds. For those that think underage drinking is not their problem - think again. It's time to focus prevention efforts on the source - both person and place! Police can use SIP, source investigation protocols, and community members can help by reporting illegal alcohol provisions to minors (both social and commercial) to the proper authorities. Ignoring it should not be an option, you either help prevent it or you perpetuate it. What's it going to be?
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