Underage drinking to be a topic of a Community Panel

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        An important discussion takes place this evening in Vincennes.

        A town hall style Community Panel hosted by Hope’s Voice will center on underage drinking and substance abuse.

        According to numbers released from research by the Oxford Treatment Center in Mississippi from 2016 and 2017, over 245,000 young people drink every day in the US while nearly 151,000 young people binge drink every day.    

        The percentage of people  in Indiana ages 12 to 20 who used alchol in the past month is 17.8%.

        Tonight’s discussion in Vincennes will be at the KCARC Center on Old Wheatland Road and will be from 5 to 7:30pm.  The public is invited and it’s free to attend.