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Senate approves underage drinking committee

March 18, 2004
By: Lindsay Shively
State Capital Bureau

The Senate passed a resolution Thursday forming a committee to combat underage drinking. Lindsay Shively has the story.

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Senate Majority Leader Mike Gibbons says the goal of the Joint Interim Committee on Underage Drinking is to evaluate current efforts to stop underage drinking and increase their effectiveness. The committee would include legislators and people from the community including students. The father of two teenagers, Gibbons says the problem needs to be addressed.

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Contents: It's a big problem in many communities, having a 21-year-old who just went through it and a 14-year-old about to begin.

The committee has until December 31 to report their findings. From the state Capitol, I'm Lindsay Shively.