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Local Group Working To Address Underage Drinking Issue in DeWitt County

Underage drinking is a problem in DeWitt County and it needs to be addressed.
 
That is the message from the Piatt County Mental Health Center with a presence in DeWitt County through the DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department and Divah Griffin indicates a grant they have received is aimed at areas of the state with an underage drinking problem.
 
 
An alarming finding from even more strategic studies in DeWitt County found teens did not think underage drinking was a big deal. Griffin says they surveyed teens through focus groups.
 
 
Griffin explains the group has identified some areas that need to be addressed and says the biggest one is relaying of information to youth. She says they are working on campaigns to get those messages out.
 
 
Griffin says the youth they surveyed were pretty open and also notes the written, anonymous survey taken had "trick questions" that would indicate if the student was being honest. She feels they got a lot of good feedback from youth in DeWitt County and was pleased they were able to get every school in the County to take the survey, not just Clinton High School students.

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