GeorgeTheThird 'a safe place with parents present' take a look at the article I linked to.
worriedmother1929 I think the safest thing is for kids to learn to drink safely and not to aim to get wasted. To respect their bodies enough not to want to poison them.
Before anyone shouts how unreasonable this is - please take a moment to consider smoking. Because i started at 12, with my friend, and smoked to 30. It is a foul, dangerous and expensive habit and I was totally hooked. It was thought to be cool and grown up even though it made your teeth go yellow and made you smell like an ashtray.
Now, smoking is not seen as so cool. And my dd (who is nearly 12) is very anti-smoking.
I do think it is possible to educate young people to drink safely and to show them how drinking can be harmful - if to excess, for a variety of reasons (and especially for girls in terms of consent issues).
EdmundCleverClogs re "For goodness sake, Italiangreyhound, I would like to meet one teen who's been put off by silly scare tactics over drinking. Yes of course it can go too far, but luckily it's very few teens who die from alcohol poisoning."
Do you think some mild scare tactics do harm?
Re "Young people will drink, better to have that 'ok that's my limit' moment early on." I could not agree more, Good idea. But for goodness sake, EdmundCleverClogs 
there is nothing wrong with telling them what might happen! Don't we all tell our kids when they start crossing the road alone, be careful, you might be hit by a car! they might be, we can be honest with them! And although alcoholic poisoning may be rare, I think think being in an accident, being assaulted etc, when drunk, is less rare.
Good luck OP. 