Get short, timely messages from ChooseResponsibility.

Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. It's easy to stay updated on an incredibly wide variety of topics. Join today and follow @CResponsibility.

Get updates via SMS by texting follow CResponsibility to 40404 in the United States
Codes for other countries

Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:
Country Code For customers of
Australia
  • 0198089488 Telstra
Canada
  • 21212 (any)
United Kingdom
  • 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
Indonesia
  • 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel
Ireland
  • 51210 O2
India
  • 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon
Jordan
  • 90903 Zain
New Zealand
  • 8987 Vodafone, Telecom NZ
United States
  • 40404 (any)

CResponsibility

  1. cr president emeritus #johnmccardell takes a common sense approach to the drinking age in the #nytimes today. nytimes.com/roomfordebate/…
  2. Penn state research shows that parents who adopt conversational tools with their kids can transform the way their children approach drinking
  3. Every year, more than 3 million students between ages 18 and 24 drive while drunk. #soberingstatistic #21isntstoppingthem
  4. We might begin to end hazing if young people were taught to handle alcohol responsibly instead of to use it as a tool to express dominance.
  5. In 2002, twice as many 21-year-olds as 18-year-olds were involved in alcohol related traffic fatalities.
  6. WHO study: in many Euro countries where the MLDA age is 18 or younger (and often not enforced), teens drink more often but binge less.
  7. a 1996 survey indicated that 46% of 272 surveyed undergraduates used a fake id to purchase alcohol.
  8. freshmen college women who binge drink are 33% more likely to be sexually assaulted. blog.chooseresponsibility.org/2012/05/15/bin…
  9. what do you think about parents who host parties for underage drinkers? blog.chooseresponsibility.org/2012/05/14/par…
  10. Between 1850 and 1860, during the height of (state-by-state) prohibition, beer production tripled by more than 60 million gallons.
  11. "We should re-evaluate binge drinking" blog.chooseresponsibility.org/2012/05/08/bin…
  12. our thoughts are with the #lafayettecollege community and with the family of #everettglenn blog.chooseresponsibility.org/2012/05/07/laf…
  13. What do you know about the [CR] proposal? blog.chooseresponsibility.org/2012/05/04/our…
  14. Eighty-three of the college student deaths between 1999 and 2005 were of underage students. #sobering
  15. hazing again blog.chooseresponsibility.org/2012/05/01/haz…
  16. college freshmen account for 1/3 of student deaths blog.chooseresponsibility.org/2012/04/27/fre…
  17. college drinking deaths increased between 1999 and 2005, despite that the drinking age intends to reduce harms.
  18. college binge drinking has INCREASED by 56% since 1993. MLDA21?
  19. the context in which one first consumes alcohol is as, if not more, important as the age of initiation. blog.chooseresponsibility.org/2012/04/09/why… #21isntworking
  20. what happened this week? blog.chooseresponsibility.org/2012/04/06/wee…