Lawrenceville Compliance Check Results- 4th Quarter

According to the 2014 Gwinnett Coalition Youth Health Survey, 19% of Gwinnett High School Students reported drinking alcohol in the past 30 days.

Research shows that alcohol has serious effects on teens, especially on their developing brains. Alcohol use interrupts normal brain “wiring” by slowing down brain activity and development. The brain hippocampus (responsible for learning and memory) can be 10% smaller in underage drinkers. Teens who drink are more likely to engage in other risky behaviors, such as stealing, skipping school, beating up someone, and/or misusing other drugs.

That’s why GUIDE makes it a priority to keep teens safe by reducing and preventing underage drinking in Gwinnett County.

Thanks to our partnership with the Gwinnett County Police Department, together, we are able to hold alcohol retailers accountable and reduce the rate at which youth under 21 purchase alcohol.

Every quarter, the Gwinnett County Police Department conducts routine compliance check sweeps in unincorporated Gwinnett County. Compliance checks make sure that alcohol establishments and their employees are properly checking IDs of anyone who is buying and/or being served alcohol, preventing sales of alcohol to those under 21. When alcohol retailers are in compliance, it reduces access to alcohol and serves as a reminder to adults that providing alcohol to underage youth is illegal.

To conduct the compliance checks, youth under 21 serve as decoys and order an alcoholic drink at a restaurant or attempt to buy alcohol at a licensed store. In the past three months, July-September, 45 establishments were checked in Lawrenceville. The compliance rate during this time was 84%, which means that 7 out of 45 retailers sold alcohol to the underage decoy.

GUIDE wants to THANK all of the alcohol retailers that did NOT sell alcohol to the underage decoy:

Kroger #424, 1475 Buford Dr., Lawrenceville 30043

Quick Mart, 759 Braselton Hwy, Lawrenceville 30043

CVS Pharmacy, 1525 Buford Dr., Lawrenceville 30043

Kroger #424, 1475 Buford Dr., Lawrenceville 30043

Quick Mart, 2360 Buford Dr., Lawrenceville 30043

Racetrac #206, 2682 Buford Dr., Lawrenceville 30043

Rite Aid #11699, 645 Russell Rd, Lawrenceville 30043

Shell Convenience, 1490 Buford Dr, Lawrenceville 30043

Quicktrip #785, 2900 Buford Dr, Lawrenceville 30043

BP, 2110 Duluth Hwy 120, Lawrenceville 30043

Chevron Food Mart, 2120 Duluth Hwy 120, Lawrenceville 30043

Discovery Shell, 1904 Duluth Hwy, Lawrenceville 30043

Citgo, 3522 Club Drive, Suite #B, Lawrenceville 30044

Jenny Mart, 3462 Club Drive, Lawrenceville 30044

Citgo, 3522 Club Drive, Lawrenceville 30044

Citgo, 3125 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville 30044

Gulf, 3046 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville 30044

CVS Pharmacy, 2650 Cruse Rd, Lawrenceville 30044

Quick Mart/Citgo, 3522 Club Drive, Lawrenceville 30044

Racetrac #467, 906 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lawrenceville 30044

Texaco Food Mart, 2815 Club Drive, Lawrenceville 30044

Chevron Kwik Stop, 1850 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville 30044

BK One Stop, 2429 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville 30044

Food Mart, 2411 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville 30044

Oakland Food Mart, 2339 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville 30044

Rite Aid #11704, 1545 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville 30044

Shell Food Mart, 1555 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville 30044

Walgreens#05896, 1556 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville 30044

Shell Food Mart, 901 Oakland Rd., Lawrenceville 30044

Walgreens#06638, 2500 Old Norcross Rd, Lawrenceville 30044

CVS Pharmacy, 2650 Cruse Rd, Lawrenceville 30044

Norcross Food Mart, 2505 Old Norcross Rd, Lawrenceville 30044

Rain Forest Chevron, 2520 Old Norcross Rd, Lawrenceville 30044

Racetrac #467, 906 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lawrenceville 30044

Texaco, 2585 Cruse Rd, Lawrenceville 30044

Shell Gas Station, 1205 Winder Hwy, Lawrenceville 30045

New Hope Citgo, 880 New Hope Rd, Lawrenceville 30046

A Food Mart, 1685 Old Norcross Rd, Lawrenceville 30046

It is their commitment to training of their employees and their policies that prevented the underage sales of alcohol.

We applaud YOU. Keep up the great work!

GUIDE, Inc. (Gwinnett United in Drug Education) and Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human services collaborate with Gwinnett County Police Department in these prevention activities because we care about young people in our community and want to keep them safe and healthy.

GUIDE, Inc. is a substance abuse prevention agency serving Gwinnett County since 1986. To find out more about us, please connect with us at guideinc.org.