The New London Community & Campus Coalition has introduced a plan intended to increase community involvement in preventing underage drinking. The coalition is concerned that parents in this Connecticut town don't take adolescent drinking seriously.

"'They don't look at it as an issue generally. They don't talk about it in the same way they might about sex or other issues,' [Tony] Mollica said. Alarmingly... an overwhelming majority of teens are getting alcohol at home or from a friend - approximately 94 percent."

As part of the coalition's strategic plan, it will host a "community conversation" to encourage parents and teen to talk about the dangers of underage drinking. Read more at TheDay.com.

Labels: awareness, prevention, underage_drinking