March 8, 2019
Two simple questions can help predict whether a middle school student is at risk for abusing alcohol.
Read MoreOctober 31, 2017
More Utah high school seniors drinking alcohol, report shows
Alcohol use among Utah high school seniors is up for the first time in more than a decade, according to a new state report.
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2017
Family Fun Night with Honey's Marketplace
Family Fun Night was held on September 11, at Honey’s Marketplace. Kane Community Coalition and Honey’s Marketplace sponsored the event, along with the Kane Community Youth Coalition and Parents Empowered. Approximately 200 families attended and over 650 people were served.
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2017
Olympic athletes help launch campaign aimed at preventing underage drinking
PARK CITY – Olympic athletes from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team are joining forces with the group called Parents Empowered on a mission to prevent underage drinking.
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2017
Park City officials say parents should be empowered to stop underage drinking
Police chief: ‘Unfortunately, alcohol and drug abuse, both of these, have created tragedy in our community’
Read MoreAugust 17, 2017
Kick-off event for countywide initiative emphasizes importance of saying ‘no’ to underage drinking
With kids returning to school and their peers, St. George Mayor Jon Pike has joined several key partners in both the public and private sector throughout Washington County to launch an important countywide initiative urging parents to set clear family rules about no underage drinking. Pike will be in attendance with many of these partners at an event Thursday at noon to kick off the initiative
Read MoreAugust 17, 2017
Local agencies work to keep kids alcohol free
Several partners in both the private and public sector in Washington County joined Thursday in St. George to show their support of parents empowered, the state underage drinking prevention initiative.
Read MoreAugust 17, 2017
Teen drinking in local high schools: Renewed focus on parents to stop the increasing rates
Those missed demographics combined with research from the Utah Department of Human Services and the Student Health and Risk Prevention survey promoted Washington County officials to partner with Intermountain Healthcare and Parents Empowered, a statewide campaign that aims to eliminate underage drinking in Utah, to bring anti-underage drinking messages to the walls of IHC facilities and sides of school buses.
Read MoreAugust 17, 2017
Washington County - Parents Empowered Coverage
Parents Empowered campaign embraces alcohol free school year for youth in Washington County ST. GEORGE, Utah - + Video – Government leaders, law enforcement, schools and health officials signed a proclamation to promote an alcohol free school year in Washington County. The proclamation was read by Mayor Pike during a press conference hosted during the kickoff of the Parents Empowered Campaign hosted by the Southwest Prevention Coalition Thursday. The Parents Empowered Campaign is a statewide effort to prevent underage drinking. Research shows that youth are less likely to drink or use drinks when parents talk about the dangers and create healthy boundaries. The campaign also encourages families to eat meals together at least three times a week in order to have that time to share those conversations.
Read MoreAugust 5, 2017
Tooele County - Volkswagen 'brain' demolished at Saturday's demolition derby
Following the grudge match at the Tooele County Fair's demolition derby Saturday, a Volkswagen bug wrapped to look like a brain was demolished in the arena. The vicarious display of a brain destroyed by alochol was the brainchild of a coalition of students from Tooele and Stansbury park, according to Allison Whitworth, prevention coordinator for Valley Behavioral Health in Tooele County.
Read MoreJuly 28, 2017
Do family dinners reduce teen substance abuse? Restaurant, prevention groups aim to get message out
Several studies have shown that when kids eat dinner with their family they are less likely to drink alcohol, use illicit drugs and smoke. This is the message the Iron County Prevention Coalition, Parents Empowered and Charlie’s Southern Barbecue are trying to get out through a recent restaurant design campaign and customer appreciation day event Saturday.
Read MoreMay 30, 2017
Campaign aims to bridge the gap between parents, children
A larger-than-life display urging Murray parents to bridge the gap with their children by discussing the harmful effects of underage drinking hangs from the bridge outside Murray High School on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. The campaign is a partnership between Parents Empowered, the Murray mayor’s office, law enforcement and the Murray School District.
Read MoreMay 16, 2017
Program asks parents to take bigger role in preventing underage drinking
Utah first lady Jeanette Herbert helped launch a new campaign Tuesday sponsored by the Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, and the state departments of environmental quality, alcoholic beverage control and human services.
Read MoreMay 8, 2017
Kearns community launches campaign to prevent underage drinking
KEARNS – Community leaders in Kearns are taking proactive steps to prevent underage drinking.
Read MoreMay 5, 2017
New website launched to help Latino parents engage with kids about underage drinking
Launched on Cinco de Mayo, the Spanish version of Parents Empowered launched this morning as it's first of its kind digital platform. As a portal full of information, it was created in a culture-specific way to empower parents to teach and learn about the dangers of underage drinking.
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2017
WEBER COUNTY LAUNCHES NEW FLEET OF UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVENTION VEHICLES
Weber County residents will begin to see innovative messages educating parents on the harms of underage drinking. Messages will be placed on the rear tailgates of city and county trucks, typically used for snowplowing and community maintenance, and are part of a public/private partnership between Weber Human Services, Bonneville Communities That Care and Utah’s Parents Empowered initiative.
Read MoreJuly 12, 2016
Heber Latinos launch initiative to eliminate underage drinking
To combat underage drinking, a Utah Latino coalition has joined with Parents Empowered for the first time to launch an initiative informing parents of the harmful effects.
Read MoreJuly 5, 2016
Prevention Coalition launches campaign to curb underage drinking
The Iron County Prevention Coalition is employing a new medium in an attempt to cut down on underage drinking in the county – buses and garbage trucks.
Read MoreJuly 2, 2016
Firefighters in Sandy join campaign to extinguish underage drinking
Sandy City firefighters are battling more than just blazes, they’re also working to keep underage kids from drinking alcohol.
Read MoreJuly 1, 2016
Sandy Fire, ParentsEmpowered campaign to douse youth drinking
Sandy City Fire Chief Bruce Cline speaks at the press event announcing the release of ParentsEmpowered videos featuring Sandy firefighters and the display of anti-underaged drinking graphics on various Sandy firefighting vehicles at Sandy City Fire Station 31 on June 30, 2016.
Read MoreJune 13, 2016
Two Wendovers team up to fight underage drinking
With the arrival of summer holidays comes an increase in unmonitored time for youth, which can often lead to a surge in underage drinking.
Read MoreMay 18, 2016
Community Family Day stresses prevention, family togetherness
Parents Empowered, in conjunction with Iron County Prevention Coalition, Southwest Prevention Center and other partnering agencies, sponsored a Community Family Day May 14 at Main Street Park in Cedar City. The main purpose of the event was to give families an opportunity to spend time together while learning about prevention trends in the community.
Read MoreMay 3, 2016
Cache Board considers anti-underage drinking campaign
Cache County School District Board of Education members expressed an interest in a group that wants to disseminate messages throughout district schools targeting parents as the first tool in preventing underage drinking.
Read MoreApril 1, 2016
Is teen drinking on the rise in Murray City? City launches initiative to combat teen drinking
April is Alcohol Awareness Month and to get the message out Murray City along with the governor's office have undertaken a massive citywide initiative to combat teen drinking.
Read MoreApril 1, 2016
Rate of underage drinking drops with parental involvement, group says
Having a parent who experienced alcohol at a young age has made 16-year-old Shaedra Pace swear off drinking, at least until she's older.
Read MoreApril 1, 2016
Silence from parents a major factor in teen drinking, state leaders say
Leaders from law enforcement, government, education and medicine gathered in Murray Thursday morning to present a state plan aimed at reducing underage drinking.
Read MoreDecember 14, 2015
Parents have more influence than they might realize to prevent substance use
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September 30, 2015
“Eat dinner with your family day” creates healthy bond between parents and their kids
The old saying ‘families that eat together,’ stay together seems to hold some truth. Statistics show that teenagers who eat dinner with their families at least 5-7 times a week, are one-third less likely to be involved in underage drinking.
Read MoreSeptember 4, 2015
'One drink, one time': New research shows prevailing problem of underage drinking in Utah
Bobbi Anderson remembers clearly trudging through a snow-covered field one February morning and coming upon the lifeless body of her son, Braxton, lying shirtless in a pool of mud.
Read MoreSeptember 4, 2015
New Resources from SAMHSA
Just in time for the new school year, SAMHSA has created new resources that are available to help parents communicate about the dangers of underage drinking with high school juniors, seniors and college-bound freshmen.
Read MoreJuly 15, 2015
Cutting down on underage drinking
Parents everywhere received welcome news last week: underage alcohol use has decreased significantly in the past decade.
Read MoreJuly 14, 2015
New Tags In Liquor Stores Warn Of Underage Drinking Costs
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has teamed up with other Utah organizations including parentsempowered.org to educate adults of the costs of underage drinking.
Read MoreJuly 13, 2015
Booze bottle tags show steep fines for giving minors alcohol
Liquor bottles will bear sale tags this summer that remind adults that giving alcohol to minors can mean a possible $2,500 fine and up to a year in jail.
Read MoreJuly 7, 2015
DABC aims to address increase in teen alcohol consumption during summer months
Alcohol and teens don't mix. But if they do, state leaders want you to know there can be consequences. Even though teen alcohol consumption is down 40%, they want that number even lower.
Read MoreJuly 7, 2015
Liquor stores use price tags to warn about underage drinking
With the Fourth of July approaching, various liquor bottles across the state were marked with big, red sale tags Thursday.
Read MoreJuly 7, 2015
Utah liquor stores launch campaign to prevent underage drinking
On Thursday, the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control launched a new liquor store campaign to curb underage drinking.
Read MoreJuly 6, 2015
State liquor stores using price tags to warn about enabling underage drinking
With the Fourth of July approaching, various liquor bottles across the state were marked with big, red sale tags Thursday.
Read MoreJune 17, 2015
Teen drug addiction: 7 things every parent should know
It is difficult to put the words “children” and “drug addiction” in the same sentence, but if we want to protect our kids from drug and alcohol abuse we need to educate them. Teens, and even younger kids, should know why they need to avoid substances and make smart choices.
Read MoreJune 7, 2015
Summer is Prime Time to Talk To Kids About the Dangers of Underage Drinking
Did you know that the average first use of alcohol by young people in the United States peaks in June and July?
Read MoreJune 4, 2015
Sandy garbage trucks to carry underage drinking warnings
Nine Waste Management garbage trucks — wrapped in over-sized messages aimed at educating parents on the dangers of underage drinking — were unveiled Wednesday.
Read MoreMay 27, 2015
New campaign targets parents who give alcohol to teens
High school graduations are in full swing this week and Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy Tuesday says he has a seat reserved for any adult who provides alcohol to a teenager.
Read MoreMay 27, 2015
New campaign targets parents who give alcohol to teens
High school graduations are in full swing this week and Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy Tuesday says he has a seat reserved for any adult who provides alcohol to a teenager.
Read MoreMay 27, 2015
New underage drinking initiative begins in Utah County
With graduations taking place across Utah County this week, a new campaign is aiming at raising awareness of the dangers of underage drinking.
Read MoreMay 27, 2015
Sheriff's Office 'reserves a seat' for adults who provide alcohol to minors
Graduations and end-of-year parties are more than expected this time of year, which to the Utah County Sheriff’s Office means more underage drinking and more accidental deaths.
Read MoreApril 27, 2015
New campaign targets parents, adults as alcohol providers
For the next six months, the rear doors of Sandy's squad cars will display a pointed public health advertisement.
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January 23, 2015
Keep alcohol out of your child’s hands
Let’s keep alcohol away from teenagers. Simple task, right?
Read MoreAugust 16, 2014
City Hall Seminar in West Haven to Discuss the Dangers of Underage Drinking
Read MoreMay 27, 2014
Prevention Week aims to keep kids away from alcohol, drugs
With school wrapping up for many Utah kids, they'll have more time to hang out.
Read MoreMay 5, 2014
Town Hall meeting held in Ogden to discuss the dangers of underage drinking
A recent study showed students in Ogden are above the state average when it comes to underage drinking.
Read MoreMarch 25, 2014
Attorneys General prohibit Four Loko from targeting young adults in alcohol ads
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that a multi-state settlement has been reached with Phusion Projects, LLC.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2014
Utah leads out on underage drinking prevention in national average
Ethan Fong is a typical Utah teenager. He's a good student. He plays basketball in a city league with his buddies.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2014
USSA joins effort to curb underage drinking
All eyes will be on America's top winter athletes as they compete in Sochi next month and it is a good bet a lot of youngsters will be looking up to those high-flying heroes as role models.
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2014
U.S. Ski Team fights against underage drinking
U.S. skiers and snowboarders are joining Gov. Gary Herbert in the fight to eliminate underage drinking in Utah.
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2014
U.S. ski, snowboard teams join campaign to prevent underage drinking
Aside from their exploits on snow, young skiers and snowboarders have a reputation for throwing epic parties.
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2014
US ski, snowboard teams campaign to prevent underage drinking
Aside from their exploits on snow, young skiers and snowboarders have a reputation for throwing epic parties.
Read MoreMarch 6, 2013
ParentsEmpowered Featured on Good Things Utah
First lady Jeanette Herbert and M.A.D.D. president Art Brown talked about the dangers of underage drinking and the "Parents Empowered" campaign.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2013
Effects of Underage Drinking
This bulletin presents findings from a literature review that investigated how underage drinking can affect a youth’s physical, emotional and neurological health.
Read MoreMarch 1, 2013
ParentsEmpowered Program
ParentsEmpowered to Take Action on Underage Drinking
Read MoreMarch 1, 2013
Prevent Teen Alcohol Brain Damage
New research, using MRIs and SPECT scans (single-photon emission computed tomography) shows that alcohol can have long-term negative effects on teen brain development, including poor judgment, early addiction and fragile white-matter formation.
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2013
It Takes A Village to Curb Teenage Alcohol Use
Living in a caring community may help curb teenage alcohol use, according to new research.
Read MoreJanuary 9, 2013
Parents Empowered Month
State officials are taking a strong, unified stance against underage drinking and in support of the Parents Empowered campaign.
Read MoreNovember 26, 2012
Latest study: Alcohol use lowest among Utah teens
Utah has the lowest number of underage drinkers in the country, according to a federal alcohol use report released Monday.
Read MoreNovember 26, 2012
Utah has nation's lowest rate of underage drinking
Utah has the lowest rate of underage drinking in the nation, according to the results of a new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Read MoreOctober 16, 2012
How Addiction Hijacks the Brain
A HELPGUIDE.ORG Educational Supplement from Harvard Health Publications
Read MoreOctober 15, 2012
Family Checkup: Positive Parenting Prevents Drug Abuse
Could your kids be at risk for substance abuse?
Read MoreOctober 10, 2012
Parents (Mistakenly) Believe Letting Kids Drink Alcohol Early Discourages Later Use
A surprising number of parents believe that early exposure to alcohol will discourage children from drinking in adolescence and help prevent alcohol abuse later on, according to a new study from the RTI International and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Read MoreOctober 8, 2012
Underage Drinking News Paper Insert
12 page insert distributed by both the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News.
Read MoreOctober 1, 2012
National Award for Prevention
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc.
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2012
Family dinner reduces underage drinking, advocates say
Its efforts are measured through risk prevention surveys administered to students in sixth, eighth, 10th and 12th grades.
Read MoreMarch 24, 2012
Parents, kids learn about preventing underage drinking
Parents and teenagers learned about ways to eliminate underage drinking at a meeting of Parents Empowered this week at the Springville Library.
Read MoreJanuary 2, 2012
Campaign targets teen drinking; parent awareness
Parents need to wake up and smell the alcohol, experts say in a new campaign alerting them to the signs their children may be getting "trashed."
Read MoreNovember 29, 2011
Eastern Utah garbage trucks sporting ads for anti-underage drinking campaign
Utah Garbage trucks in eastern Utah are urging parents to keep their kids from getting "trashed" in a new ad campaign against underage drinking.
Read MoreNovember 29, 2011
Uintah Basin garbage trucks carry anti-drinking ads
Getting trashed. It's slang for getting drunk.
Read MoreNovember 25, 2011
Messages to Parents Rolling on Springville Garbage Trucks
Bumper stickers, billboards and newspaper, television and radio ads tell parents they are the most important factor in prevent drinking and drug use in their teens.
Read MoreNovember 2, 2011
Nondriving Underage Alcohol Offenses and Penalties
If you are under 21 years old and you possess, consume, buy or try to buy alcohol (even by asking somebody else to buy it), or if you have a measurable amount of alcohol in your blood, breath or urine, you will be subject to the following criminal penalties and civil driver’s license sanctions.
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2011
National Family Day Highlights Advantages of Dinner Together as a Family
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2011
Parental Digital Monitoring
Kids live in their own world. Are you in it?
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2011
7 Ways to Connect with Your Teen Using Technology
By staying on top of the latest technology trends and monitoring the way your teens use technology, you can help guide them away from risky online behavior and develop a stronger parent-teen relationship.
Read MoreMay 24, 2011
Good Parenting Creates Drug-Free Kids, Conference Experts Say
Of all the answers offered at a recent conference on “How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope,” perhaps the one from Joseph A. Califano, chairman and founder of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), best summed up the advice to parents.
Read MoreApril 1, 2011
Teens who drink with parents may still develop alcohol problems.
Parents who try to teach responsible drinking by letting their teenagers have alcohol at home may be well intentioned, but they may also be wrong, according to a new study in the latest issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Read MoreMarch 20, 2011
Prevention Campaigns
Since 2001, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), has collaborated with Scholastic Inc. to prevent underage alcohol use.
Read MoreMarch 1, 2011
Strengthening Families Program
The program includes a home-use DVD for parents with eleven 30-minute lessons and useful printable worksheets and handouts.
Read MoreFebruary 23, 2011
Juvenile Court Alcohol-Related Offenses, 2010
This summary covers alcohol offenses referred to juvenile court between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2010, based on incident date.
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December 19, 2010
New signs in liquor stores remind parents not to serve children alcohol.
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2010
Gov. Herbert helps launch initiative reminding parents of the dangers of underage drinking
Gov. Gary Herbert was in Murray on Thursday to help launch a city-wide initiative urging parents to set clear rules against underage drinking.
Read MoreMarch 22, 2010
Cause for Concern: National Study Shows Reversal in Decade-Long Declines in Teen Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2010
A Problem of Teen Drinking
Teens who drink with parents may still develop alcohol problems.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2010
Washington University Study Finds Evidence for an Interaction Between Age at First Drink and Adult Dependency
Brain changes caused by drinking before age 15 could predispose adolescents to a lifetime of alcohol dependency a new study finds.
Read MoreDecember 4, 2009
Research Shows Parenting Can Prevent Drug Use, Aid Brain Development, NIDA Chief Says
From the founding of National Families in Action during the height of the War on Drugs to Joseph A. Califano's book, How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid, parents and communities have been touted as the keys to preventing alcohol and other drug problems among youth, and research now shows that environmental and genetic risk factors can be trumped by parental engagement during the critical adolescent years, according to Nora D. Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Read MoreOctober 22, 2009
Have Fun Setting "No Alcohol" Rules
Who says talking to your kids about underage drinking needs to be boring? Or difficult?
Read MoreMarch 14, 2009
Actions to Help Your Child Stop Drinking
Children who drink are often unaware of the harm they are doing to themselves, so parents must take action to keep them alcohol-free.
Read MoreMarch 13, 2009
Prevent Teens from Engaging in Risky Behaviors as a Means of Coping with Stress
Help your kids deal with stress without resorting to alcohol.
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2009
Utah’s ParentsEmpowered.org team spreads anti–under-age drinking message statewide
Read MoreNovember 4, 2008
Warning Signs of Alcohol Use
Despite our best efforts, some teens will drink. Below are some common signs of underage drinking.
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August 7, 2008
Who Is Most at Risk for Becoming an Underage Drinker?
Research shows that certain factors put kids more at risk for underage drinking than other kids.
Read MoreJuly 29, 2008
Salt Lake City Garbage Trucks to Target Parents with Underage Drinking Message
Read MoreJuly 29, 2008
Salt Lake City Garbage Trucks to Target Parents with Underage Drinking Message
Read MoreMay 18, 2008
Press Conference Unveils New City Sanitation Trucks with a Message about Underage Drinking
Read MoreApril 24, 2008
New Findings on Quantity and Frequency of Alcohol Use Among Underage Drinkers
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2007
U.S. Surgeon General Urged Alcohol Marketers to Cut Back on Outdoor Ads
Read MoreJune 17, 2007
When all is said and done, preventing teen substance abuse is a Mom-and-Pop operation
Read MoreApril 5, 2007
Expert: Risky Teen Behavior Is All in the Brain
A new review of adolescent brain research suggests that society is wasting billions of dollars on education and intervention programs to dissuade teens from dangerous activities, because their immature brains are not yet capable of avoiding risky behaviors.
Read MoreMarch 12, 2007
The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking
Read MoreMarch 6, 2007
Bibs target teenage drinking: Dental patients get an alcohol warning as they open wide
The latest billboard in the ongoing campaign against teenage drinking is a bib — a dental bib.
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2007
Parenting Can Prevent Alcohol Use
Research shows parenting can prevent drug use, aid brain development, NIDA Chief says.
Read MoreFebruary 7, 2007
MADD and Robert J. Debry and Associates: Underage Drinking
Last year a shocking report brought new meaning to the term “underage drinking.” A study from the University of Pittsburgh revealed kids as young at 9 and 10 are drinking alcohol.
Read MoreJanuary 9, 2007
Mom Sells Teens Car
Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the “meanest mom on the planet.”
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2006
Breaking Research: Teens Having Two or Fewer Family Dinners per Week Are Twice as Likely to Get Drunk Monthly.
Teens who have infrequent family dinners (two or fewer per week) are twice as likely to smoke daily and get drunk monthly, compared to teens who have frequent family dinners (at least five per week), according to a new report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University and sponsored by TV Land and Nick at Nite’s Family Table.
Read MoreJune 7, 2006
Seat Belts: Click It or Ticket
The Bear River Health Department and local high schools are teaming up to reduce injuries and fatalities by promoting safe driving and increasing seat belt use.
Read MoreMay 25, 2006
ParentsEmpowered.org and the Utah Underage Drinking Prevention Workgroup
Underage drinking is one of the most serious problems we face in this state, for it can cause brain impairment, increased risk of addiction, and lead to anti-social behavior.
Read MoreNovember 30, 2005
Northwest Alcohol Conference
Doug Murakami is the Alcohol Education Director at the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Read MoreNovember 30, 2005
ParentsEmpowered.org kick off the fourth year
ParentsEmpowered.org kicked off the fourth year of its ongoing public awareness campaign against underage drinking Thursday with some good news.
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