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Abuse and Alcoholism Launches National Initiative to Prevent
Underage Drinking - Governors' Spouses Form Leadership to Keep
Children Alcohol Free The little-known but alarming facts
surrounding alcohol consumption by children ages 9 to 15 have
prompted more than 25 Governors' Spouses to join forces and put
this issue on the national agenda. Today they launched
Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free, a multi-year, public-
private partnership focused on preventing the use of alcohol by
children, funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAAA) at the National Institutes of Health and The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Alcohol is the number one drug
of choice among the nation's youth and it can have serious,
often lifelong, consequences for them, their families and their
communities. The Governors' spouses; federal and state agencies;
a major private foundation; national, state and local nonprofit
agencies and professional