{"id":96024,"date":"2021-09-22T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-new-report-release-our-stores-our-future-ending-unsafe-alcohol-retail-practices-can-stop-underage-drinking-before-it-starts\/"},"modified":"2021-09-22T12:50:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:50:01","slug":"nueva-publicacion-de-informe-nuestras-tiendas-nuestro-futuro-poner-fin-a-las-practicas-riesgosas-de-venta-minorista-de-alcohol-puede-detener-el-consumo-de-alcohol-en-menores-de-edad-antes-de-que-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/nueva-publicacion-de-informe-nuestras-tiendas-nuestro-futuro-poner-fin-a-las-practicas-riesgosas-de-venta-minorista-de-alcohol-puede-detener-el-consumo-de-alcohol-en-menores-de-edad-antes-de-que-co\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report Release: OUR STORES, OUR FUTURE &#8211; Ending Unsafe Alcohol Retail Practices Can Stop Underage Drinking Before It Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN RAFAEL, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 22, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3298115-1&amp;h=3474592619&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alcoholjustice.org%2F&amp;a=Alcohol+Justice%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice,<\/a> Youth for Justice, and the San Rafael Alcohol and Drug Coalition will hold a news conference to mark the release of a new report titled: <b>OUR STORES, OUR FUTURE \u2013 Ending Unsafe Alcohol Retail Practices Can Stop Underage Drinking Before It Starts. <\/b>The\u00a0report is based upon a recent survey and assessment of all <span class=\"xn-location\">San Rafael<\/span> alcohol retail outlets for their compliance with the <i>&#8220;Best Practices for Stores that Sell Alcohol<\/i>&#8221; standards. The event also marks the launch of a youth-driven campaign, &#8220;<i>Youth Action for Safe Stores,&#8221;<\/i> to encourage compliance by the offending establishments, and passage of a San Rafael City Council resolution of support. District 1 City Councilmember Maika Llorens Gulati will be participating in the event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2bedleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2bedleft\" title=\"Alcohol Justice logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Alcohol Justice)\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Alcohol Justice logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Alcohol Justice)\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\n    <b>What: \u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Press Event &amp; Call to Action<br \/><b>When: \u00a0<\/b><span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday September 23, 2021<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">5 p.m.<\/span> <br \/><b>Where<\/b>: 1556 4th Street, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Rafael, CA<\/span> 94901<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Streaming Live: <\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3298115-1&amp;h=3654718443&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fyouth_for_justice%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fyouth_for_justice%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/youth_for_justice\/<\/a><\/b>\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3298115-1&amp;h=4249901479&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Falcoholwatchdog%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Falcoholwatchdog%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alcoholwatchdog\/<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n    <b>Who:<\/b>\n  <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Carson Benowitz-Fredericks<\/span>, Research Director, Alcohol Justice<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Jeffrey Angeles<\/span>, Member, San Rafael Alcohol and Drug Coalition, Co-Chair, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3298115-1&amp;h=3087265431&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fprojects%2Fyouth-for-justice&amp;a=Youth+For+Justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Youth For Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Jei Africa<\/span>, PsyD, MSCP, CATC-V, Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3298115-1&amp;h=3138930811&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marinhhs.org%2Fbehavioral-health-recovery-services&amp;a=Behavioral+Health+and+Recovery+Services%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Behavioral Health and Recovery Services,<\/a> Marin Health and Human Services, County of <span class=\"xn-location\">Marin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Sayra Soriano<\/span>, Representative, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3298115-1&amp;h=733560661&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marinhhs.org%2Ftobacco-prevention-services&amp;a=Smoke+Free+Marin+Coalition%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Smoke Free Marin Coalition,<\/a> Tobacco Related Disease Control Program, Department of Health and Human Services, County of <span class=\"xn-location\">Marin<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3298115-1&amp;h=3865361010&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityofsanrafael.org%2Fcontacts%2Fmaika-llorens-gulati%2F&amp;a=Maika+Llorens+Gulati\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Maika Llorens Gulati<\/span><\/a>, District 1 Councilmember, San Rafael City Council<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Yavar Amidi<\/span>, Advocacy Manager, Alcohol Justice, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3298115-1&amp;h=2965657115&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fprojects%2Fsan-rafael-alcohol-drug-coalition&amp;a=San+Rafael+Alcohol+and+Drug+Coalition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">San Rafael Alcohol and Drug Coalition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n    <b>Why: \u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\n  <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Underage consumption of alcohol is both a strong predictor of problematic alcohol-use later in life and the major influence on the leading causes of preventable death among adolescents: motor vehicle collisions, suicide, and homicide.<\/li>\n<li>Among high school students in <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"xn-location\">Marin County<\/span>, underage alcohol use remains high. 63% of high school seniors report having ever drank alcohol, 40% drinking within the last 30 days, and nearly 1 in 3 having either driven while intoxicated or been in a car with an intoxicated driver.<\/li>\n<li>Environmental prevention strategies target the availability, desirability, and normalization of alcohol at the community level, in particular retail stores that sell alcohol. These strategies are demonstrably effective in reducing underage use, but are not aggressively pursued in <span class=\"xn-location\">San Rafael<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Existing regulations and dissuasions in <span class=\"xn-location\">San Rafael<\/span> are not effective in keeping stores from engaging in dangerous retail practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n    <b>CONTACT<\/b>:\u00a0 <br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Carson Benowitz-Fredericks<\/span> 917 426-6443<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Maite Duran<\/span> 415 717-1099<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span> 415 548-0492<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3298115-1&amp;h=3070760664&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F147418%2Falcohol_justice_logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F147418%2Falcohol_justice_logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Alcohol Justice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN RAFAEL, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 22, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3298115-1&amp;h=3474592619&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alcoholjustice.org%2F&amp;a=Alcohol+Justice%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alcohol Justice,<\/a> Youth for Justice, and the San Rafael Alcohol and Drug Coalition will hold a news conference to mark the release of a new report titled: <b>OUR STORES, OUR FUTURE \u2013 Ending Unsafe Alcohol Retail Practices Can Stop Underage Drinking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}