Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816, gregj@unm.edu October 31, 2005 UNM Wins Grand Prize in University Drinking and Driving Prevention Contest The University of New Mexico's Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) has won the grand prize award for the 2004-2005 University Drinking and Driving Prevention Program. The award will be presented by AAA New Mexico on Wednesday, November 2, at 10:30 a.m. in front of Zimmerman Library on the UNM campus. The presentation is part of Red Ribbon Day, an alcohol-awareness event sponsored by UNM's Student Health Center. The Grand Prize is given to the best college or university drinking and driving prevention program among several states with AAA affiliations. UNM competed against programs in California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The goal of the competition is to recognize and promote model drinking and driving programs and alcohol abuse prevention programs and activities on college campuses. UNM's COSAP won the 2005 Grand Prize for establishing Project TARGET (Targeting At-Risk Groups with Environmental and Theory-based strategies). Previously, UNM won the state award in 1998 for the "Alcohol Awareness and Education" program and again in 2001 for the "Designated Drivers Do It for Friends" program. The College and University Drinking and Driving Prevention Awards Program was initiated in 1997 by the Automobile of Southern California and the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, a role now assumed by the Center for College Health and Safety. # # #
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