The idea is to change adult attitudes about selling and providing alcohol to minors.
Warren Hills Regional High School, Belvidere High School, Hackettstown High School and North Warren Regional High School students kicked off a very successful "Project Sticker Shock" during the week of April 16.
Project Sticker Shock is a youth-led initiative to change adult attitudes about selling and providing alcohol to minors at liquor stores throughout Warren County.
The message of this year's campaign is "What we permit... we promote", which directly challenges adult attitudes and social norms about selling and providing alcohol to minors.
The stickers placed on goods in liquor stores serve as reminders that providing alcohol to minors is illegal and doing so comes with serious consequences. In the state of New Jersey, providing alcohol to a minor can result in up to $1,000 in fines and a six-month jail sentence.
Focus on teen alcohol, drug abuse
This public awareness project is sponsored by the Coalition for Healthy and Safe Communities, a program of the Family Guidance Center. The campaign had the support of the following retail stores: Warren County Discount, Mountain Valley Fine Wines and Liquors in Oxford and Washington, JD Wine and Liquors in Blairstown, and ShopRite Wine and Spirits in Hackettstown.