Research

Impaired Driving   DUI Foundation – Educate and Prevent http://www.duifoundation.org/ Driving under the influence of alcohol and other impairing substances is an epidemic in our society that doesn’t appear to be going away in the near future. Effectiveness of Social Host and Fake Identification Laws on Reducing Underage Drinking Driver Fatal Crashes http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25307400 Traffic Injury…

  Youth Drinking in the United States: Relationships With Alcohol Policies and Adult Drinking http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/05/26/peds.2015-0537 Pediatrics. Published online June 1, 2015 (doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-0537).This study examined whether stronger alcohol policy environments were inversely associated with youth drinking, and if this relationship was partly explained by adult drinking. Researchers assigned Alcohol Policy Scale (APS) scores that characterized…

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I’m 52, a project manager by day and a weekend guitarist by choice. I’ve lived with a persistent, high-pitched ringing for the better part of nine years. Mine started gradually—no single “blast” moment, just a lot of moderately loud moments that stacked up: in-ear monitors at rehearsals, power tool projects, and the “I’ll be fine…

Research – Scope of Problem   Adults Most Common Source of Alcohol for Teens, According to Poll of Teens 13-18 http://www.alcoholpolicymd.com/press_room/Press_releases/adults_give_youth_alcohol.htm Press ReleaseAugust 8, 2005In a poll of teens aged 13 to 18 conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA), nearly half reported they have taken alcohol from their own homes. Teenage girls ranked higher…

The Training Center has created a framework for understanding the effective prevention strategies that are available to prevent underage alcohol use. The framework divides strategies into four types that can be seen as interrelated pieces of the prevention puzzle. The four types of strategies in the prevention puzzle include: Limitations on access to alcohol (link…