March's Compliance Rate for the City of Lilburn is 78%!

The City of Lilburn Police Department conducted a compliance check sweep in March, visiting the city’s 46 alcohol retailers. Ten (10) of the stores sold alcohol to the underage decoy.

According to the 2014 Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services Youth Health Survey, 5% of Gwinnett County High School Students get alcohol by buying it themselves from a store. It’s important to take action in a way that keeps our teens from accessing alcohol so easily.

The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking notifies governments and policymakers that education alone is not enough to prevent teens from getting their hands on alcohol. When attempting to reduce and prevent underage drinking, it is imperative that there are restrictions in place that help reduce the availability of alcohol on an environmental level. Evidence based environmental strategies, such as conducting regular compliance checks of alcohol retailers, are effective in restricting the retail availability of alcohol to teens in the community.

In the City of Lilburn, cited employers that fail to meet compliance must come to an Alcohol Review Board (ARB) meeting for an administrative proceeding. There, they have the opportunity to be heard and to discuss what happened, how it happened and what actions they have taken to assure that it won’t happen again. For example, some of the retailers that were cited in March have already retrained their staff and added new policies regarding checking IDs and selling alcohol to minors. We want to thank the City of Lilburn’s ARB for their serious response when alcohol ordinances are violated.

We applaud the 78% of alcohol retailers in the City of Lilburn who did not sell alcohol to an underage decoy during the latest compliance checks. The following local businesses continue to make our community healthier and safer:

Joes to go, 605 Indian Trail Road, Lilburn

Happy Hours, 495 Pleasant Hill Road # 1, Lilburn

Lilburn International Farmers Market, 4805 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Taqueria Los Hermanos, 4760 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Nevin Food and Gas, 722 Harbins Road, Lilburn

Walgreen's, 5455 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Versace Dominican Restaurant, 510 Pleasant Hill Road, Lilburn

Gulf Gas Station, 127 Arcado Road, Lilburn

Buffalo House, 4299 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Publix, 375 Rockbridge Road, Lilburn

Brunswick Bowling, 3835 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Wal-Mart, 4004 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Shell Station, 32 Killian Hill Road, Lilburn

Texaco, 4785 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Shell, 4971 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Agavero, 4140 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

1910 Public House, 103 & 107 Main Street, Lilburn

Hookah Haven, 375 Rockbridge Road, Lilburn

Messina's, 4075 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Ulias Columbian Food, 4044 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Quik Trip, 3747 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

The Barn, 411 Beaver Ruin Road, Lilburn

Citco, 28 Killian Hill Road, Lilburn

A Taste of Paradise, 4805 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Cabana Lounge, 3907 Burns Road, Lilburn

Aldi, 396 Pleasant Hill Road, Lilburn

Smoke House, 5364 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Izzy's New York Pizza, 331 Rockbridge Road, Lilburn

CVS Pharmacy, 3900 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Taqueria Vicko's Mexican, 4800 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Lulu Quiroz, 3907 Burns Road, Lilburn

Sosa VIP Taqueria, 475 Pleasant Hill Road, Lilburn

Royal Package, 5464 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Depot Package, 4280 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Little Gardens, 3571 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lilburn

Pleasant Hill Event Hall, 550 Pleasant Hill Road, Lilburn

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