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Alcohol Policy – General

Alcohol Epidemiology Program – University of Minnesota

Alcohol Policy Information System (NIAAA)

American Medical Association – Alcohol Policy

California Council on Alcohol Policy

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) – Alcohol Policies Project

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

JoinTogether

The Marin Institute

National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse (CASA)

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD)

San Diego County Alcohol Policy Panel


Reports

10 Drug & Alcohol Policies That Will Save Lives

Alcohol Policies in the United States:  Highlights from the 50 States


Journal Articles

Anderson, P. (2009).  Global alcohol policy and the alcohol industry.  Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 22(3), 253-257.

Anderson, P., Chisholm, D., & Fuhr, D.C. (2009). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of policies and programmes to reduce the harm caused by alcohol. Lancet, 373(9682), 2234-2246.

Babor, T.F.  (2002).  Linking science to policy: The role of international collaborative research.  Alcohol Research & Health, 26(1), 66-74.

Brand, D.A., Saisana, M., Rynn, L.A., Pennoni, F., & Lowenfels, A.B. (2007).  Comparative analysis of alcohol control policies in 30 countries. PLoS Medicine, 4(4), e151.

Chisholm, D., Doran, C., Shibuya, K., & Rehm, J. (2006).  Comparative cost-effectiveness of policy instruments for reducing the global burden of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use.  Drug & Alcohol Review, 25(6), 553-565.

Edwards, G., Anderson, P., Babor, T.F., Casswell, S., Ferrence, R., Giesbrecht, N., et al.  (1996). Alcohol policy and the public good: A good public debate.  Addiction, 91(4), 477-481.

Jernigan, D.H., Monteiro, M. Room, R., & Saxena, S. (2000).  Towards a global alcohol policy: alcohol, public health and the role of WHO.  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 78 (4), 491-499.

Rehm, J., & Greenfield, T.K. (2008).  Public alcohol policy: current directions and new opportunities.  Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 83(4), 640-643.

Room, R. (2002).  Alcohol Policy Effectiveness.  In Strategic Task Force on Alcohol, Interim Report (pp. 30-35). Dublin: Department of Health and Children.

Room, R. (1999).  The idea of alcohol policy.  Nordisk Alkohol- & Narkotikatidskrift, 16 (English supplement), 7-20.

Room, R., Graham, K., Rehm, J., Jernigan, D., & Monteiro, M. (2003). Drinking and its burden in a global perspective: policy considerations and options.  European Addiction Research, 9(4), 165-175.

Sheron, N., Olsen, N., & Gilmore, I. (2008).  An evidence-based alcohol policy.  Gut, 57(10), 1341-1344.


Books

Babor, T.F., Caetano, R., Casswell, S., Edwards, E., Giesbrecht, N., Graham, K. et al. (2003) Alcohol and public policy: No ordinary commodity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Beauchamp, D.E.  (1980).  Beyond alcoholism: Alcohol and public health policy. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Bruun, K., Edwards, G., Lumio, M., Makela, K., Pan, L., Popham, R.E., et al. (1975).  Alcohol control policies in public health perspective. Helsinki: Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies.

Cook, P.J. (2007).  Paying the tab:  The costs and benefits of alcohol control. Princeton, NJ:  Princeton University Press.

Edwards, G., Anderson, P.  Babor, T.F., Casswell, S., Ferrence, R., Giesbrecht, N. et al. (1994). Alcohol policy and the public good. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Moore, M. & Gerstein, D. (eds.) (1981).  Alcohol and public policy: Beyond the shadow of Prohibition. Washington, D.C.:  National Academy Press.

Room, R. (1991).  Social science research and alcohol policy making.  In P. Roman (Ed.), Alcohol:  The development of sociological perspectives on use and abuse (pp. 311-335). New Brunswick:  Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies.


Further Resources & Links (note: there will be some overlap)

Michael Sparks – Center for Community Action & Training

Project CORK Bibliography: Alcohol Control Policy


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Page last updated on August 29, 2009

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