Statement of Support

I/We, the undersigned, support this youth-led effort to reduce underage drinking by decreasing access to the sweet, bubbly, alcoholic beverages known as “alcopops.”

We support the following:

• appropriate classification of beverages that contain distilled spirits as distilled spirits.
  
• taxation of these beverages as distilled spirits, consistent with California law.
  
• placing the burden of proof on the manufacturers, where the source of the alcohol is in dispute

We acknowledge and applaud the initiative taken by these youth to protect their peers from products formulated and marketed to promote underage drinking.