Each year in the U.S., underage drinking results in more than 3,000 deaths, 2.5 million other harmful events and more than $60 billion in societal costs. These occur in myriad ways, the most common of which are motor vehicle crashes. CSYD researchers are currently working (along with colleagues at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation) to evaluate community programs in North Carolina and Nebraska that are designed to reduce the consequences of underage drinking by focusing on preventing the sale and non-commercial provision of alcohol to young people. This 18 month-long project, which is funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, should be completed in late 2008.