Check out these Web sites as starting points for finding alcohol information on the Web:
Widespread parental concern about alcohol advertising.
(as seen in USA Today)
https://www.udetc.org/Quorum_files/frame.htm
Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10729.html
Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous ? both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks ? and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol.
Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which many different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.
Alcohol-Related Injury and Violence (ARIV)
http://www.tf.org/tf/alcohol/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.
BoozeNews: Alcohol Policies Project
http://www.cspinet.org/booze/index.html
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.
Join Together Online
http://www.jointogether.org/sa
The Join Together Web site compiles news, feature stories, funding information, and resources from a variety of sources. A “Quick Search” interface, available on each page within the Substance Abuse section, allows easy access to items addressing many of the strategies to reduce underage alcohol use: enforcement (e.g., compliance checks, keg registration), social availability (e.g., parties), tax increases, community norms (e.g., advocacy, counteradvertising), and DWI prevention, to name a few. While not specific to underage alcohol use, the Take Action section of the Web site also provides tips on advocacy and media relations.
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Marin Institute
http://www.marininstitute.org/
The Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems 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.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
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.
PREVline: National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information
http://www.health.org
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 .