Orange County Underage Drinking
Task Force Update & Drug Free
Coalition Annual Report
Presented to
Board of County Commissioners
January 27, 2009
Orange County
Underage Drinking
Task Force Report Update
Mayor Richard T. Crotty, Orange County
President John Hitt, University of Central Florida
Presentation Outline
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Mission
Scope of the Problem
Goals
Structure
Key Subcommittee Recommendations
Implementation Committee
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Underage Drinking
Task Force Report
Mission Statement
The Orange County Underage Drinking Task Force
will clearly define the magnitude of underage
drinking and high-risk drinking in the community,
educate and engage the community stakeholders
(e.g. parents, retailers, educators) and provide viable
solutions that will reduce and prevent harms related
to underage drinking.
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Underage Drinking
Task Force Report
Underage Drinking: The Scope
of the Problem
 Alcohol is the most widely abused drug by teens
and young adults
 Underage alcohol use linked to poor academic
performance
 Underage alcohol use linked to injuries, sexual
assault and fatalities
 Alcohol is relatively easy to obtain by teens and
young underage adults
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Underage Drinking
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It Takes a Community to Raise
Awareness
Task Force Goals:
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Reduce Underage Alcohol Demand
Reduce Underage Alcohol Access
Data Management
Implementation Plan
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Underage Drinking
Task Force Report
Task Force Structure
 25 Member Task Force met for past seven months
 Four Subcommittees
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Alcohol Education & Prevention
Access to Alcohol
Enforcement
Retailer Responsibility
 National, State and Local Presenters
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William DeJong, PhD, Boston University
Major Mark Willingham, Alcohol Solutions, Inc.
Virginia Dodd, PhD, University of Florida
Judge Jerri Collins, Eighteen Judicial Circuit
Roger Casey, PhD, Rollins College
Michael Dunn, PhD, University of Central Florida
Tom Hall, LCSW, University of Central Florida
Captain Mark Bong, MA, Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages
and Tobacco
• Carol Burkett, Dir., Orange County Public Safety
Orange County
• Mosi Bayo, MS, Orange County Victim Services
Underage Drinking
Center
Task Force Report
Key Subcommittee
Recommendations
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Alcohol Prevention & Education
 Focus Areas
• Secondary Education
• Higher Education
• Parents
Recommendation:
 Increase middle & high school students’ exposure to health-affirming
print & electronic media
 College campus messages will focus on “I Drink Less Than You
Think.”
 Community messages focusing on positive contributions of students
 Parent Education (Web-based print and electronic media)
Funding Requested: $75,000
In-Kind Funding: $25,000
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Underage Drinking
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Recommendations
Recommendation:
 Hire three Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) Prevention
Specialists to coordinate and implement ATOD prevention and early
intervention programs (selected 4-9th grades)
 ATOD Prevention Specialists provide direct support and/or
counseling for high risk students and their families (grades 6
through 9)
 ATOD Prevention Specialists provide ATOD prevention parenting
programs for parents of middle and high school students
 Create and distribute alcohol & drug prevention Newspaper in
Education
Federal Grant Funding: $1.2M
Orange County Public Schools Safe School/Health Students Grant
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Underage Drinking
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Access to Alcohol
 Focus Areas
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Parents
Retailers
Social Liability
Alcohol-Related Data
Recommendation:
 Develop and maintain central database for law enforcement
related to underage and problem drinking
 Add last drink served question to all DUI tickets
 Develop and maintain a central database for Orange County
critical care providers
Funding Requested : $80,000
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Underage Drinking
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Enforcement
 Focus Areas
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Vendor Compliance Checks
House Parties
Responsible Vendor Training
Local Ordinances
Recommendations:
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Increase number of coordinated, multi-agency, vendor compliance
check details
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Develop local ordinances related to “breach of peace” violations and
repeated underage alcohol sales and service
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Conduct compliance checks to ensure operators of “party buses”
comply with state and local laws
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Draft proposed county ordinance that limits hours of operation for
vendors who repeatedly are in violation of selling alcohol to
underage
Funding Requested: $25,000
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Underage Drinking
Task Force Report
Retailer Responsibility
 Focus Areas
• Responsible Hospitality
• Vendor Training Programs
• High-Risk Drink Promotions
Recommendation:
 Establish a Responsible Retailers (RR) Forum- RR Forum
designed to:
• Acquaint community & media with problem of underage and
youthful abusive drinking
• Spur participation and buy-in from variety of potential partners
and members of coalition
• Develop infrastructure that provides necessary resources to help
retailers comply with law
Grant Funding: $50,000
Orange County Substance Abuse Response Guide
Orange County Federal Drug Free Communities Project Grant
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Underage Drinking
Task Force Report
Funding
Grant/In-Kind Funding:
$1,528,500
Requested Funding:
$ 196,600
Grand Total:
$1,725,100
Implementation Committee
“ONE VOICE”
ONE VOICE Implementation Committee
 18 Task Force and Subcommittee Committee Members
 Co-Chaired by Carol Burkett & Tom Hall
 Committee Goals:
• Meet monthly to develop and implement strategic action
plan
• Establish timelines
• Finalize grant funding/New Grant Opportunities
• Provide quarterly status reports and annual presentations
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Underage Drinking
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Implementation Committee
“ONE VOICE”
 ONE VOICE Committee held first meeting Jan 12th
 Review of Implementation Timeline
• City of Winter Park Alcohol Ordinances – 1st
Reading Approved by City Commission
• Relating to Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance
 Extended Hours Of Permit to sell alcohol
past 11:00 pm
 Three violations within three month period for
selling alcoholic beverages to underage youth
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Underage Drinking
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Implementation Committee
“ONE VOICE”
 Illegal Open House Party Ordinance
• Owner’s and landlords held responsible for illegal open
house parties – underage alcohol consumption or use
of illegal controlled substances
• First Violation – Written Notice
• Second Violation - $1,000 Fine
• Third Violation - $2,000 Fine
 Prevention – Alcohol Media Literacy Forums
• Parent and Community Forums with Dr. Peter
DeBendettitis: leading expert on media education and
prevention on underage and binge drinking (March
2009)
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Underage Drinking
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Implementation Committee
“ONE VOICE”
 Collection of ED Alcohol-Related Data
• Several meetings with local hospitals to develop
data criteria
• Similar format to DAWN Reporting for ED
• Trends and patterns of alcohol, prescription
drugs & illicit drug use
9 Month Period – 2,000 Emergency
Department Alcohol-Related Visits
(under 21 years of age)
Cost: $4M ($3M not reimbursable)
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Underage Drinking
Task Force Report
Orange County
Drug Free Coalition
Annual Report
Presentation Outline
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Mission Statement
Organizational Chart
Strategic Goals
Drug Trends
Accomplishments
Grants
Budget
Ongoing Initiatives
Mission Statement
To identify and utilize the resources within Orange
County that institute initiatives that effectively
provide education, prevention, intervention and
treatment of substance abuse issues resulting in a
thriving Drug Free Community.
Organizational Chart
Chief Mike McCoy
Director of Public Safety
Carol Burkett, Director
Eileen May, Project Coordinator
Ronaa Ali, Administrative
Assistant
Angelina Sandoval, Intern
Drug Free Coalition
 Coalition Board comprised of
15 members (Chaired by
Mayor Crotty)
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Law Enforcement
Medical
Schools
Higher Education
Faith
Business
Health
Judiciary
Prevention
Treatment
 Nine Working Committees
• Meet on monthly basis
• Over 100 volunteers
The
Worship Center
Coalition Committees
Working Committees
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Education & Media
Family & Neighborhoods
Treatment/Intervention/Recovery
Faith
Drug Free Workplace/Business
Community
Law Enforcement/Courts/Corrections
Youth
Higher Education
Addictions & Disabilities
Strategic Goals
 Prevention – Stopping Use Before It
Starts
 Enforcement – Aggressively Attacking
Unlawful Drug Activity
 Treatment/Recovery – Getting
Treatment Resources Where They Are
Needed
Central Florida Drug Threats
 Cocaine (powered and crack) – greatest drug
threat in Florida
 Heroin – high rate of overdoses in 1999;
consumption declining
 Methamphetamine –reduction in clan labs
due to state law restricting precursors
 Marijuana – hydroponic “indoor grow”
increased
 Prescription Drugs – used in combination
with other drugs
 MDMA (Ecstasy) – club drug prevalent
among teens and young adults
Drug Threats (Youth/Young
Adults)
 Alcohol – most widely used drug by
adolescents & college students
 Marijuana – second most abused drug
by teens & college students
 Prescription Drugs/OTC – non-medical
use on the rise nationally
 Inhalants – no change among
middle school students
Orange County Youth Substance Use
(Past 30-Day) 2008
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29.8%
Orange County
Florida
27.4%
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14.8%
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11.1%
12%
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9.1%
8.7%
7.6%
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3.5%
4.3%
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Alcohol
Binge
Drinking
Marijuana
Cigarettes
Inhalants
3.4%
2.8%
Prescription
Drugs
Prevention Highlights
 Underage Drinking Prevention
Campaign – 3,000 Licenses
 Red Ribbon Celebration – 1,000
Youth
 Reach Out Now YMCA Summer
Youth Program - 570
 National Family Day
 Back to School Fair & Family
Fun Day
Prevention Highlights
 Eight Parent & District
Community Crime Forums
 Understanding Teen
Drinking Cultures in
America Focus Groups
 CADCA Prescription Drugs
Focus Group
 National Guard Drug
Demand Reduction Program
– 10,000
 Community Outreach – 116
events
Enforcement Highlights
 Coordinated Drug Enforcement Operation
(weeklong detail) – 282 Arrests
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1,758 Grams of Cocaine
125 Pounds of Marijuana
42 Grams of Heroin
205 Xanax Pills
51 MDMA
34 Grams Oxycodone
118,000 Cash
43 Guns
 Underage Drinking Coordinated Sting
Operation
• 221 Compliance Checks & 28 Arrests
 Annual Law Enforcement Conference
Treatment Highlights
 Adult Drug Court Program
• Intensive Outpatient, Case
Management & Drug Testing
• 75% Success Rate
 Juvenile Family Counselors
• 65 families attend group sessions
quarterly
 New Horizons Counselor
 380 students served and 40 family
sessions
 Annual Treatment Conference
 Recovery Month Promotion
• Proclamation
• Recovery Breakfast
• Recovery Walk
Drug Free Grants
 Federal Drug Free Communities Program $625,000
 Federal Adult Drug Court Enhanced
Capacity - $900,000
 Underage Alcohol Use Lab - $100,000
 Substance Abuse Response Guide Grant $27,000 - $100,000 (Phase III)
Budget Summary
8%
Contracts
4%
Prevention/
Education
22%
Grants
Projects/Events
65%
FY08-09 Budget -$1.1M
Ongoing Initiatives
 Parent & Community Forums focus on
underage drinking, marijuana,
prescription drugs/OTC
 Distribution of the Addictions &
Disabilities Resource Guide
 Prescription Drug Awareness Campaign
 Quarterly Underage Drinking Compliance
Checks
 Increase number of Drug Free
Workplaces
Ongoing Initiatives
 Methamphetamine Education– 40
presentations in community
 Methamphetamine Clan Labs - 12-15 in
2008
 43 Meth-related arrests
 Methamphetamine Remediation –
Orange County Health Department
 Statewide Methamphetamine Task
Force Member
 Meth training video for law enforcement
 Requested federal appropriation for
Meth prevention, training and
remediation - $100,000
Orange County Underage Drinking
Task Force Update & Drug Free
Coalition Annual Report
Presented to
Board of County Commissioners
January 27, 2009