The Alcohol Policy Resource Center at Prevention First provides training, education, resources, and tools on evidence-based alcohol policy strategies to municipalities, local officials, law enforcement, and community coalitions focused on underage drinking in communities throughout Illinois. Mission Helping communities reduce underage drinking and alcohol misuse. Goal To reduce alcohol use among those who are 12-25 years old in communities throughout Illinois. Cocktails to Go....Not a To-Go Cup! The Illinois Legislature amended the Illinois Liquor Control Act of 1934 on June 2, 2020, to allow for “Cocktails to go” (delivery and carry out of mixed drinks). The amendment was in response to the COVID-19 crisis and is set to be repealed on June 2, 2021. This amendment, however, is not permitting to-go cups. The container must be filled, sealed, and secured by a retail licensee’s employee at their location with a tamper-evident lid or cap. Containers made of plastic, paper, or polystyrene or containers with a lid with sipping holes are not allowed. The cocktail can be delivered by the retailer’s employee who is 21 and not a third-party delivery company employee, and they must verify the age of the person to whom they are delivering. The sealed container must be placed in the trunk of the vehicle or if there is no trunk, in the vehicle’s rear compartment that is not readily accessible to the passenger area. The container must be labeled or tagged with the following: ingredients, type and name of the alcohol; the name, license number, and address of the retail licensee; the volume of the cocktail/mixed drink; and must have been filled less than 7 days prior to the sale date. Source: [link removed] Prevention can play a key role in ensuring the safety measures in the amendment are followed. Coalitions can conduct an awareness campaign on why it’s imperative the containers be sealed and transported away from the driver. In 2018, 1,031 people were killed in a motor vehicle crash in Illinois. 30% of those drivers had a BAC of .08 or greater. Source: [link removed] Compliance Checks can be conducted to reinforce the need for proper carding on premise and at the point of delivery. The final key piece is to keep informed on the status of this amendment. It is set to be repealed on June 2, 2021. Ease of access is a risk factor for increased youth use. While this amendment’s intentions were to assist struggling businesses during COVID-19, we hope to avoid unintentional consequences. Featured Resources Alcohol Environmental Scanning Overview of Environmental Scanning Assessing your community is a critical step in identifying potential issues contributing to underage alcohol use. Completing a comprehensive assessment involves utilizing many tools and methods. Environmental scanning is when you to observe what alcohol looks like in your community and how alcohol is advertised in your community. Conducting a scan allows you to observe and document the 4 P’s: Price, Product, Promotion, and Place. Place of Last Drink (POLD) Collecting data is critical to prevention. POLD data refers to identifying the place of last drink for subjects who have been determined by law enforcement or medical staff as having been involved in an alcohol-related incident. The incidents can range from motor vehicle crashes, DUI/DWI stops, investigations concerning assaults, and situations involving minors in possession. Subjects may or may not be intoxicated at the time of the encounter. The information is entered into a database that can be utilized by law enforcement and community coalitions to fashion appropriate evidence-based interventions. To learn more about POLD, click here. Alcohol Advertising Effects on Adolescents Webinar Alisa Padon, PhD Tuesday, August 18, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM This webinar will review some of the background, theory, and research on the appeal of alcohol advertising to adolescents and the effects of ad exposure on underage alcohol use. Register: [link removed] Dr. Alisa Padon is a Research Scientist at the Public Health Institute. Her research focuses on the impact of policies and marketing of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and sugar-sweetened beverages on public health and youth, examining the intersection between the unique vulnerabilities of youth and the psychosocial and neurocognitive appeals and techniques used in marketing. She earned her masters’ degree in biomedical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, her doctorate in public health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and she completed her post-doctoral work at the Annenberg School for Communication Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Vision for Fiscal Year 21 The APRC is excited for FY21!! We have been busy planning on how best to promote the lastest research and resources. We will be hosting numerous webinars with experts in policy and prevention from around the country this year. We will be developing more micro-learning modules as well as Fact Sheets and info-graphics. If there is an Alcohol Policy or Prevention topic you would like more information on, please contact Jody Heavilin at [email protected]. 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