OETA Story on Underage Drinking Aired 6-29-12
OETA Story on Underage Drinking aired 6-29-12
This story aired on the ONR on OETA-The Oklahoma Network. The reporter is Bob Sands; the photographer is Ilea Shutler. For more information, go to the ONR web site www.news.oeta.tv and ONR blog blog.oeta.tv For more about OETA-The Oklahoma Network, visit www.oeta.tv. Underage drinking in Oklahoma costs taxpayers just under a billion dollars a year. That’s the price tag for medical care, lost work and a host of other problems that stem from alcohol abuse by young people. the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is one year into a new effort aimed at prevention of alcohol abuse by people under 21, and they believe it’s starting to work.
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