Keep the Minimum Legal Drinking Age 21

Drug-Free Action Alliance strongly supports all states retaining 21 as the legal drinking age for alcoholic beverages. Alcohol is the number one youth drug problem in America and more young prople die from alcohol-related causes than from all other illicit drugs combined.

To read Drug-Free Action Alliance's position paper and review other materials on retaining 21 as the Minimum Legal Drinking Age, click here.

Alcohol Awareness Month

Drug-Free Action Alliance is observing the 22nd Annual Alcohol Awareness Month this April by bringing attention to the disease of alcoholism and emphasizing the health risks associated with problem drinking. This year’s theme is Saving Lives: Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking. Drug-Free Action Alliance is highlighting 4 topics during Alcohol Awareness Month:

• Screenings & Resources to Combat Alcoholism
• Risks of Alcohol Abuse on Women
• Senior Adult Alcoholism; and
• Underage Consumption.