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Cobb to study underage alcohol consumption

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Sept 28, 2012

The Cobb Alcohol Taskforce is extending a county-wide survey to October to help identify community support for effective strategies to reduce underage and youth binge drinking. So far, 600 respondents have completed the survey.

The short survey asks participants 13 questions about issues relating to underage and youth binge drinking.

The survey is available online at www.surveymonkey.com/s/7JXQL6J.

For more information, contact Cathy Finck at 404-791-7406.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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