http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/ This web site describes alcohol use and abuse along with effective ways to reduce drinking problems such as drunk driving and binge drinking, especially among young people including high school, college and university students. Other issues include health effects of alcohol consumption(including fetal alcohol syndrome or FAS), public policy, alcohol advertising, alcohol myths, laws, education, statistics, and much more. - Prof. David J. Hanson Education Higher Education en Copyright 2007 hansondj@potsdam.edu (David J. Hanson, Ph.D. ) http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/images/logo-big.gifhttp://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:44:34 GMT Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:44:34 GMT RSS DreamFeeder v 2.2.0 Wayne Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League of America developed pressure politics or ‘Wheelerism” and was a leader of the temperance movement that led to National Prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/Biography-Wayne-Wheeler.html Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:05:46 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/Biography-Wayne-Wheeler.html.1263396787648.1 William H. Anderson was one of the most successful prohibition lobbyists of the Anti-Saloon League of America. Read about his political tactics, anti-Catholicism, anti-Germanism, anti-Semitism, anti-foreignism and the forgery conviction of the “dry warrior.” http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/Biography-William-H-Anderson.html Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:48:35 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/Biography-William-H-Anderson.html.1263396787648.4 William E Johnson (Pussyfoot Johnson) of the Anti-Saloon League used tricks and deception, about which he bragged, to promote Prohibition. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/Biography-William-E-Johnson.html Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:26:30 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/Biography-William-E-Johnson.html.1263396787648.12 Mary Hunt (a.k.a. Mary Hanchet Hunt, Mary H. Hunt and Mary H. H. Hunt) was the most powerful woman in the US promoting prohibition of alcohol. Through her position as head of the Woman’s Christian Union’s Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction in Schools and Colleges, she dictated the content of temperance education throughout the United States. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/Biography-Mary-H-Hunt.html Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:27:08 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/Biography-Mary-H-Hunt.html.1263396787648.2 Ernest Cherrington (Ernest H. Cherrington) worked with Anti-Saloon League and the World League Against Alcoholism. He emphasized education against alcohol consumption to bring about voluntary compliance rather than the use of coercive legal force. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/Biography-Ernest-H-Cherrington.html Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:13:04 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/Biography-Ernest-H-Cherrington.html.1263396787648.9 Positive blood alcohol level (BAL) or blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was associated with lower mortality risk in trauma patients at a Level 1 trauma center. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/HealthIssues/20091217123820.html Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:43:13 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/HealthIssues/20091217123820.html.1263396787648.8 Study seeks to understand why scare tactics commonly used in alcohol education tend to be ineffective. An alternative to scaring students is the social norms marketing approach. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/20091216160349.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:04:13 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/20091216160349.html.1263396787648.3 Higher alcohol consumption (greater quantity and frequency, more intoxication, more heavy episodic drinking “binge drinking”) is associated with higher subjective well-being (greater life satisfaction, higher positive affect, lower negative affect) among college and university students. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/20091216155350.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:57:21 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/20091216155350.html.1263396787648.10 Alcohol education resources are listed by harm reduction, social norms marketing, brief interventions, DARE, “Just Say No,” zero tolerance, and controversies. They include a broad range of activities, policies and practices to promote abstinence, to delay the onset of drinking among young people, or to promote moderation among those who choose to drink alcoholic beverages. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/HealthIssues/20091214125852.html Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:01:35 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/HealthIssues/20091214125852.html.1263396787648.7 Current alcohol drinking or consumption by underaged youths dropped between 2007 and 2008, continuing a trend reports the U.S. government’s annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/InTheNews/UnderageDrinking/20091214122015.html Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:24:21 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/InTheNews/UnderageDrinking/20091214122015.html.1263396787648.11 The internet-based Check Your Drinking (CYD) screener appears to be effective in reducing alcohol consumption among problem drinkers. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/HealthIssues/20091214121206.html Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:13:49 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/HealthIssues/20091214121206.html.1263396787648.6 Drinking alcohol in moderation improves heart health and reduces risk of heart disease. Alcohol increases cardiovascular health in ways that are now understood and research has demonstrated that the sick-quitter hypothesis doesn’t explain the relationship between alcohol consumption and lower risk of heart diseases and heart attacks. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/HealthIssues/20091109090631.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:07:02 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/HealthIssues/20091109090631.html.1258420513498.2 Drunk driving resources are presented in four categories: Overview of drunk driving, Statistics on drunk driving, Solutions to drunk driving, and Controversies about drunk driving issues. In addition to these annotated internet resources, readings on drunk driving are also listed. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/DrivingIssues/20091106085124.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:53:40 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/DrivingIssues/20091106085124.html.1258420513498.3 Early onset age of drinking alcohol does not cause later alcohol-related problems, dependence, or alcoholism according to scientific medical research findings. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/20091104100845.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:09:56 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/20091104100845.html.1258420513498.4 Light to moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, distilled spirits) reduces risk of developing Type 2 diabetes (adult-onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes), according to scientific medical research studies. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/HealthIssues/20091104091156.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:13:52 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/HealthIssues/20091104091156.html.1258420513498.1