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Research – DUI and Youth   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 Prevention (2014) 15, S64-S73 The minimum legal drinking age-21 (MLDA-21) state laws consist of multiple provisions that support the coreMLDA-21 laws and include a family of policies directed at controlling underage…

Comments http://www.who.int/whr/2002/chapter4/en/index6.html Excerpt from the WHO World Health Report 2002: “Reducing risks, promoting healthy life” Alcohol use Alcohol has been consumed in human populations for millennia, but the considerable and varied adverse health effects, as well as some benefits, have only been characterized recently (39 ,40 ). Alcohol consumption has health and social consequences via…

Research – Enforcement   Current use of underage alcohol compliance checks by enforcement agencies in the United States http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24716443 Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Jun; 38(6):1712-9. doi: 10.1111/acer.12397. Epub 2014 Apr 9.Compliance checks conducted by law enforcement agents can significantly reduce the likelihood of illegal alcohol sales to underage individuals, but these checks need to…

Research – Higher Education   To Cut Down on College Drinking, Involve the Surrounding Community http://www.drugfree.org/join-together/cut-college-drinking-involve-surrounding-community/ Join Together, August 5, 2015 How to Cut Student Drinking http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-cut-student-drinking-1435249267 Text messages and personalized feedback online can helpThe Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2015 Report recommends new approach to college drinking http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-05/bumc-rrn051815.php ErekAlert!/Boston University Medical Center, May 18,…

Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation 11720 Beltsville Drive, Suite 900 Calverton, MD 20705-3102 toll-free: 1-877-335-1287 fax: 301-755-2799 email: [email protected] For state specific questions or information, please refer to the list below to contact the UDETC Program Manager for your State. Mary Gordon 301-755-2752 [email protected] State Listing: AL, AR, GA,…

Research – Underage Drinking Policies   A Review of Social Host Policies Focused on Underage Drinking Parties: Suggestions for Future Research http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22873016 J Drug Educ. 2012; 42(1):99-117Underage drinking continues to be a public health concern, partially due to the ease in which adolescents obtain alcohol and consume it in private locations. States and municipalities have…