Media

MACY uses several types of media in the form of newspaper, radio and television to educate and advocate for youth substance abuse prevention.

Click here to view current articles that have appeared in the Marshfield News-Herald.

Since 2006, MACY has supported the implementation of the Parents Who Host Lost the Most (PWHLTM) campaign. PWHLTM is an annual awareness campaign developed by Ohio Parents for Drug Free Youth. Campaign materials are designed to educate parents and other adults about the legal consequences of serving alcohol to an underage person.

According to the 2011 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior survey, Marshfield youth report the following:

• 62 percent have had a drink of alcohol other than a few sips.
• 41 percent have had one drink of alcohol in the past 30 days.
• 38 percent of those reporting use obtained alcohol from someone 21 years of age or older.

“Over the years I've noticed that often, parents of children involved in alcohol parties knew about it in advance and supplied the alcohol,” said John Adam Kruse, Marshfield Municipal Court Judge and member of the Marshfield Area Coalition for Youth. “Parents need to be aware that they are taking on significant civil liability and risk by doing this.”

You can learn more about underage drinking laws and suggestions for parents; and underage drinking to be tackled and underage use of alcohol here.

MACY joins over 50 communities in Wisconsin that are participating in the “Parents Who Host Lose the Most” campaign.