1. Social Host Ordinance
an ordinance to increase penalties for adults hosting drinking parties or buying alcohol for underage persons
The California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) was administered to 11 of the 17 School Districts in the Valley in with participation at more than 4,200 students in 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th grades.
The information contained herein represents the self reported use by youth completing the CHKS. The data for the participating schools has been compiled by ICOE to produce this report.
When using this data to formula opinions about local students, please be mindful of the fact that the survey required that students provide proof of parent permission to participate. This positive parental permission requirement might impact the result making it appear more positive.

2. Why are we recommending a Social Host Ordinance?
Underage drinking is a bigger problem than we imagined
Brain Research
Community Norms
There is a problem right here
Juvenile Crime Statistics
Healthy Kids Survey Data
What we can do about it

3. The Adolescent Brain is Still Developing
During adolescence, the brain is being remodeled (undergoing dramatic transformations)
In some brain regions, over 50 % of neuronal connections are lost
Some new connections are formed
Net effect is pruning (a loss of neurons)
Ken Winters, Ph.D CSAP’s Western CAPT
Department of Psychiatry Audio Teleconference
University of Minnesota March 18, 2004

4. Adolescent Brain Changes
These brain changes help to explain adolescent behavior
Prefrontal cortex (PFC) is pruned; not fully developed until mid-20’s
Amygdala (and n.a.) show less pruning and tend to dominate the PFC
judgment
reward
system
Ken Winters, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota

5. I hate school; I am going to skip classes and get drunk
I like to use drugs!!
PFC
amygdala
Prefrontal Cortex
(PFC)
This imbalance leads to...  planned thinking  impulsiveness  self-control  risk-taking more “hot” talking, less “cool” talking

6. Alcohol and Drugs Hijack the Brain’s Reward Circuitry
Immediate effect of substance use is an increase in dopamine
Continued use of substance reduces the brain’s dopamine production.
Because dopamine is part of the reward system, the brain is “fooled” that the substance has survival value for the organism.
The reward system responds with alcohol or drug seeking behaviors
Craving occurs and, eventually, dependence.
Ken Winters, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota

7. Are adolescents more susceptible to alcohol than adults?
Most certainly YES
Reduced sensitivity to intoxication
Increased sensitivity to social disinhibitions
Greater adverse effects to cognitive functioning
4. Hyperexcitability issue
Alcohol relieves hyperexcitability state
Relief is temporary; continued seeking of alcohol is reinforced
Hyperexcitability is a key characteristic of conduct disorders, ADHD & other impulsive behaviors
Found in non-alcoholic relatives - suggests inheritance of brain wave patterns
disrupts the hippocampus
brain damage in the PFC
converts information to memory
planned
thinking
Ken Winters, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota

8. How big is our problem? The Juvenile Crime Statistics and
California Healthy Kids Survey Data or
How big is our problem?

9. Juvenile Arrest Rates for Imperial County Cities for 2001 and 2003 with Population 10 to 17 years
Data just recently available. DAC will compare changes in crime rates to CHKS data for parallels.

10. California Healthy Kids Survey Imperial County Compared to Statewide Averages Perception that Daily Use is Harmful ( and 03-04)
This slide depicts Imperial County results compared to statewide for the percent of youth that answered that it was harmful or very harmful to questions about daily use or almost daily use of alcohol and tobacco and weekly use of marijuana. The Imperial County results are the first three columns. The Average State results are the last three columns.
All of the results show that local students reported perceptions of much lower levels of risk and harm. These results help explain the early onset of ATOD use that is particularly evident in the next slide for 7th graders.

11. 7th Grade Imperial County Healthy Kids Survey Results for Compared to Average Statewide Results
This shows local 7th grade results in blue. The local results exceed, often significantly, the state averages for all of the drinking related questions. In the case of binge drinking, 16% of respondents said that they had “five or more drink in a couple of hours” within the 30 days before they took the survey. The rate for having alcohol in the last 30 days is also16%. This would appear to indicate some heavy experimentation in this group of 7th graders.
The reported lifetime or “ever had alcohol” is 25%.
The inhalant use is also higher that state averages.

12. California Healthy Kids Survey Data for 7th Graders for 2002-03 and 2003-04
03-04 results show increase in marijuana use lifetime and last 30 days and decline in alcohol use by glass and binge drinking in both lifetime and last 30 days.

13. 9th Grade Imperial County Healthy Kids Survey Results for Compared to Average Statewide Results
This slide is a comparison of average responses for Imperial County 9th graders to California and US averages. The figures reflect youth responses to standardized questions about use of marijuana, inhalants, alcohol, drink 5 or more drinks in several hours, and smoked a cigarette. The use is reported in last 30 days (on top) and “ever used” or “lifetime use” is the bottom four categories.
Please note the drinking data for 9th graders. It shows that 27% of local 9th graders had a drink in the 30 days before they were surveyed, and 12% of our 9th graders reported that they went on a drinking binge in the 30 days before the survey. This is less than the 16% rate reported by local 7th graders.
The 9th grade rates are relatively equal to the state rates at 29% vs. 27% and 13% vs. 12%.

14. California Healthy Kids Survey Data for 9th Graders for 2002-03 and 2003-04
Again, results show an increase in marijuana use (about double) lifetime and last 30 days and unchanged in rate of alcohol use by glass and binge drinking in last 30 days and an increase in lifetime use of alcohol by the glass

15. 11th Grade Imperial County Healthy Kids Survey Results for Compared to Average Statewide Results
Please note the drinking data for 11th graders. It shows that 35% of local 11th graders had a drink in the 30 days before they were surveyed, but even more alarming is the fact that 22% of our 11th graders reported that they went on a drinking binge in the 30 days before the survey

16. California Healthy Kids Survey Data for 11th Graders for 2002-03 and 2003-04
Again, results show a significant increase in marijuana use for lifetime and last 30 days and a relatively unchanged rate of alcohol use by glass and binge drinking in last 30 days and an increase in lifetime use of alcohol by the glass.
Preliminary finding: maintain work on alcohol use and increase attention given to marijuana us

17. We have a problem. How do we address it?
Research has shown that
Adolescent Problem Behaviors like
Substance Abuse, Delinquency, and Violence
exist when there are
community laws and norms favorable to
teenage drinking, drug use, firearms, and crime.
We need to change the community norm of acceptance for underage drinking and pot smoking.
Supporting the Social Host Ordinance is one way to begin to change community norms.

18. The SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCE-
What can we do about it ?
The SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCE-
an ordinance to increase penalties for adults hosting drinking parties or buying alcohol
for underage persons

19. SECTION 4. Definitions
“Person(s) responsible for the event" includes, but is not limited to:
The person(s) who owns, rents, leases, or otherwise has control of the premises where the party, gathering or event takes place - IT IS NOT THE LANDLORD;
(2) the person(s) in charge of the premises; or
(3) the person(s) who organized the event.
If a person responsible for the event is a juvenile, then the parents or guardians of that juvenile will be jointly and severally liable for the costs incurred for enforcement services pursuant to this chapter.

20. Section 5. Police services at large parties, gatherings or events requiring a response.
When a large party, gathering or event occurs on private property and a police officer at the scene determines that there is a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, the person(s) responsible for the event shall be liable for the cost of providing police services for the special security assignment to control the threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, or for the actual cost of enforcement services provided during the response

21. Ordinance Approval Strategy
ISC assigned to Local Coordinating Committee
ISC to Discuss w/ Local Law Enforcement Chiefs
ISC to Discuss w/ Superintendents
ISC to Discuss w/ Judges
Develop Ad Hoc Committees to Present to each City and the County and to Market,
Present to each City Manager and the CEO
Present to the City Councils for Approval
Present to High School Boards