Binge Drinking: Are Your Teens at Risk?

Fairfax County Police Department
Public Information Office
4100 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Va. 22030
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Media Advisory: 10/133/LHC
May 13, 2010

Binge Drinking: Are Your Teens at Risk?
Police Co-host Communitywide Forum

Out of control, underage, binge drinking is every parent’s nightmare as their student prepares for life beyond high school; in college and elsewhere. The Fairfax County Police Department wants to help parents and teens better understand these dangerous, illegal and life-threatening issues. In collaboration with the Countywide Initiative to Reduce Underage Drinking and Northern Virginia Community College, a free film screening of the documentary HAZE, and panel discussion featuring local experts, will take place on Wednesday, May 26 at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale.

HAZE is a feature documentary that addresses the national crisis of alcohol abuse, binge drinking and hazing taking place on many college campuses. The film is graphic in its description of college life and the effects of alcohol, but is a must-see for parents, teens and others who are concerned about these important issues. Experts from the police department, the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, George Mason University, and the Inova Fairfax Hospital trauma unit will be among the panelists sharing their first-hand knowledge and information on these difficult topics.

Learn more and ask the tough questions at this important, eye-opening forum; be a part of tackling solutions for this growing concern.

What: Movie screening “Haze”/panel discussion

When: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Where: Northern Virginia Community College, Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Center,
8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003

Parking: Free, surface level lot B

Questions: Lucy Caldwell, Fairfax County Police Department, 703-246-3271
or email, lucy.caldwell@fairfaxcounty.gov