Environmental Strategies for Prevention
Trying to educate or treat the individual to stop drinking is important. However, achieving significant decreases in the rates of substance related problems requires more commitment to proven strategies. Prevention efforts must address the conditions that give rise to risky drinking practices. We must change the broader social structures and public policies that shape drinking attitudes and norms. Drinking behavior is patterned by the way alcohol is marketed, sold and distributed, where and when it is consumed, the price of alcohol and the social environment surrounding alcohol use.
More About Environmental Strategies
Environmental strategies are most effective working in parallel, when they reach across multiple systems and settings. Check out the following resources to learn more about environmental strategies that reduce and prevent underage drinking problems:
Alcohol Policies Project, a watchdog group that offers advocacy and information on federal and state policy.
The Alcohol Policy Information System provides detailed information on a wide variety of alcohol related policies in the U.S. at both state and federal level.
Join Together is a national resource helping communities fight substance abuse and gun violence.
The Marin Institute provides information regarding the promotion of alcohol products by the alcohol industry.
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University monitors the alcohol industry marketing strategies directed at youth.
FACE is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create innovative research based resources on alcohol that educate, motivate and demonstrate how individuals and organizations can effectively take action on alcohol issues.
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America is a non profit orginization dedicated to strengthening the capacity of community coalitions to create a safe and healthy drug free community.
College Drinking is a comprehensive research based information related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students.
Office of the Surgeon General
Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center
Leadership To Keep Children Alcohol Free
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Physician Leadership for National Drug Policy is a group of prominent physicians who have come together to advocate for effective policies on addiction treatment. Nearly 4,000 associate members are located throughout the country.
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