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On
any given weekend night, thousands of U.S.
residents head to Mexico to take advantage of the
lower drinking age and the low cost of alcohol.
Hundreds of those partiers become intoxicated
endangering themselves and others by getting
behind the wheel or engaging in any variety of
other high-risk behavior, provoking a rise in
assaults, rapes, vandalism and other negative
health and safety impacts.
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The
San Diego-Tijuana Border Project,
which has received
U.S. Federal Model Program status
for its science based results, aims
to address the complexity of the
cross-border impact of alcohol and
related public health and safety
problems. This complexity includes
two languages, several cultures and
many layers of federal, state and
local government agencies on both
sides of the border. In
order to effectively address this
complex interconnectedness and the
true bicultural impact of the issues
surrounding underage and binge
drinking, the Border Project
employs
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an environmental
prevention approach that takes into
account the social, physical, economic and
cultural factors that contribute to the
problems and involves many agencies and
individuals from both Mexico and the U.S..
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