nychealth: NYC Stores Sell Alcohol to MinorsAll New Yorkers can...

By: vivian on terça-feira, maio 05, 2015

nychealth:

NYC Stores Sell Alcohol to Minors

All New Yorkers can play a role in preventing youth access to alcohol.

In 2014, more than half of stores throughout NYC sold alcohol to underage buyers. It’s not just the corner store either – liquor stores were as likely to sell to underage decoys as grocers or pharmacies, according to the NY State Liquor Authority.

Stores have a responsibility to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors. In 2011, there were nearly 7,000 alcohol-related emergency department visits among New Yorkers under age 21, and one in four NYC adolescents have consumed alcohol in the past 30 days.

Anyone who sees or suspects a store of selling alcohol to people under 21 should call 311.

Learn more about what the health department is doing to prevent alcohol sales to minors. 

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