Links – General Alcohol
Alcohol Justice (formerly Marin Institute)
Alcohol Justice addresses alcohol policy issues through media advocacy, community training, serving as a watchdog for the industry’s marketing activities, and the dissemination of information and research. Its Web site includes information about the organization, full-text documents, and access to its Alcohol Industry & Policy Database, which indexes news articles about the alcohol industry’s activities.
Alcohol Justice works to create a physical and social environment that helps young people and others make healthy choices, and that promotes responsible action by government and the alcohol industry. Environmental prevention is an essential part of a comprehensive campaign to prevent alcohol problems that also includes treatment and other prevention strategies focusing on individual behavior.
Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS)
http://alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov/
APIS, a project of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, is an electronic resource that provides authoritative, detailed, and comparable information on alcohol-related policies in the U.S., at both State and Federal levels.
Alcohol-Related Injury and Violence (ARIV)
The Trauma Foundation’s ARIV project facilitates the exchange of information on alcohol-related injury and violence. ARIV’s Web site provides factsheets, a searchable bibliographic database, and publications. The ARIV Resource Manual, a compilation of factsheets and literature reviews, is included full-text.
Center for Science in the Public Interests Alcohol Policies Project
The Alcohol Policies Project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest seeks to curb the consequences of drinking through a comprehensive, prevention-oriented policy strategy. This Web site is geared toward alcohol policy advocates, providing updated news stories and action alerts. Further, the site includes factsheets on alcohol and youth, binge drinking, advertising, and taxes.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) produced a resource – the Factbook on State Beer Taxes – aimed at informing the debate on alcohol taxes and other alcohol policy issues. Targeted toward preventionists, policymakers, educators, and journalists, the book provides data on beer-tax rates across the country and presents ideas about the appropriate role of the alcohol industry in societal attempts to combat alcohol problems.
Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY)
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America’s youth.
Indian Country Law Enforcement and the Challenges of Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws
https://www.udetc.org/documents/IndianCountryLaw.pdf
This is a UDETC Publication.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
In addition to providing general information about the Institute, the Web site provides full-text research documents. To further research alcohol-related science and issues, search NIAAA’s ETOH bibliographic database.
Prevention Research Center’s (PRCs) Resource Link
This web site provides information and practical guidance to state and community agencies and organizations, policy makers, and members of the general public who are interested in combating alcohol and other drug abuse and misuse. The materials on the web site are based on the scientific research and analysis conducted at the Center.
PREVline: National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information
PREVline serves as a central information source for alcohol and drug information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. PREVline maintains a section on alcohol and provides information on many public awareness campaigns.
Reducing Alcohol Sales to Underage Purchasers: A Practical Guide to Compliance Check Investigations
https://www.udetc.org/documents/AlcoholSales.pdf
This is a UDETC Publication.
Schools and the Community Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Environment
https://www.udetc.org/documents/SchoolsCommunities.pdf
This is a UDETC Publication.
Strategic Media Advocacy for Enforcement of Underage Drinking Laws
https://www.udetc.org/documents/mediaadvocacy.pdf
This is a UDETC Publication.
Strategies to Reduce Underage Alcohol Use: Typology and Brief Overview
https://www.udetc.org/documents/strattoreduce.pdf
This is a UDETC Publication.
Strategies to Reduce Underage Alcohol Use: Typology and Brief Overview (Spanish)
https://www.udetc.org/documents/Spanish.pdf
This is a UDETC Publication.
Success in Youth Alcohol Enforcement
https://www.udetc.org/documents/LeadershipandNetworkingAthens.pdf
This is a UDETC Publication.