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The STOP Act requires an annual report on each State's performance in enacting, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, and programs to prevent or reduce underage drinking. 

This State Report primarily includes data from calendar year 2022 and 2023. Regional and state profile data were drawn from the most recently available federal survey data as of 2022. State legal data reflect the status of the law as of January 1, 2023. State survey data, collected in 2023, were drawn from the most recent 12-month period in which the states maintained the data.

The 2024 Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking includes national data on underage drinking patterns, the federally coordinated approach on underage drinking prevention and treatment, and information on the National Media Campaign: "Talk. They Hear You."®

This report provides guidance to decision-makers about how to identify and select the intervention(s) that will best serve their state or community, as required by the STOP Act.1 The STOP Act also requires the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) to include in the report measures of states’ use of best practices in preventing and reducing underage drinking.

The report provides a summary of the risks and benefits of social media on the health, safety, and privacy of young people; best practices for parents and caregivers; recommended practices for industry; a research agenda; and suggested future work, including for the federal government. The strategies described in this report aim to help protect the mental health, safety, and privacy of youth online, but it will take a whole-of-government approach in collaboration with researchers, industry, civil society, youth, parents and caregivers, and others.

This 2023 Comprehensive Plan builds upon the 2022 Comprehensive Plan adopted by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD). This 2023 Comprehensive Plan reports conclusively on the three-year Comprehensive Plan Targets established in the 2018 Plan.

The STOP Act requires an annual report on each State's performance in enacting, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, and programs to prevent or reduce underage drinking. 

This State Report primarily includes data from calendar year 2021 and 2022. Regional and state profile data were drawn from the most recently available federal survey data as of 2021. State legal data reflect the status of the law as of January 1, 2022. State survey data, collected in 2022, were drawn from the most recent 12-month period in which the states maintained the data.

This report provides guidance to decision-makers about how to identify and select the intervention(s) that will best serve their state or community, as required by the STOP Act.1 The STOP Act also requires the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) to include in the report measures of states’ use of best practices in preventing and reducing underage drinking.

This report discusses the prevalence and nature of underage drinking, and reviews the effectiveness of the "Talk. They Hear You" campaign.