Alco-pops

Can you tell which of these drinks are alcohol?

For those of you who may not be aware, underage drinking in the Pickerington area is a huge deal.  In fact, a lot of time the police just can’t handle the amount of alcohol with minors issues they have.

An interesting marketing trend is starting to occur across the nation.  With the widely spread popularity of energy drinks and high-octane sodas, alcohol companies have started creating energy drinks and sodas with alcohol in them.  And the scariest thing of it all is that unless you look for the tiny labeling that says alcohol you would never know the difference between an alcoholic and non-alcoholic energy drink.

I encourage you to read more about this phenomenon.  After all, your kids are going to be faced with this issue.  Here is the article. 

I also suggest that you watch the video report put out by the San Diego Youth Council.  It definitely opened my eyes