The National Alliance to Prevent Underage Drinking is an ad hoc coalition of
public health, education, consumer, law enforcement, religious, child and family
welfare, substance abuse treatment and prevention, and other national
organizations dedicated to building and sustaining a broad societal commitment
to reducing underage drinking.
The National Alliance’s goal is: "To support and promote implementation of
a comprehensive science-based national strategy to reduce underage drinking" as
set forth in the National Academy of Sciences' September, 2003 report to
Congress entitled, "Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility.""
The National Alliance is committed to pursuing the following objectives:
• Raising public awareness of the problems associated with underage
drinking;
• Educating and engaging diverse constituencies in the promotion of policy
reforms aimed at reducing underage drinking and its harms;
• Challenging and transforming attitudes and practices that condone,
accept, enable, or encourage underage drinking;
• Educating policy makers about science-based underage drinking research,
prevention policies, and programs;
• Serving as a catalyst, at the national level, for underage drinking
prevention advocacy;
• Monitoring the effectiveness of federal efforts to address underage
drinking;
The National Alliance recognizes that alcohol is a legal drug for those
above the minimum legal drinking age. Membership is open to all national
organizations that are independent of any ties to commercial interests that
benefit from the production, marketing and sale of alcoholic beverages, and that
endorse the National Alliance’s statement of purpose. NAPUD will make no
representations on behalf of member organizations without the express
authorization of each endorsing group. In joining NAPUD, members are simply
agreeing to receive and review occasional action alerts, proposed sign-on
letters, and updates, and act upon them (or not) as each member sees fit.
