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, 28 Mar 2012 14:06:41 GMT Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:06:41 GMT RSS DreamFeeder v 2.2.0 Theft of alcoholic beverages is a significant source of alcohol for youths age 15-18, according to an in-depth interview study. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Underage-Sources-of-Alcoholic-Beverages.html Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:03:01 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Underage-Sources-of-Alcoholic-Beverages.html.1332943430244.1 Marijuana use increased risk of traffic crashes by 92% and risk of collision fatalities by 110%, according to a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies with control groups. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Marijuana-Use-Increases-Risk-of-Traffic-Crashes-and-Deaths.html Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:55:06 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Marijuana-Use-Increases-Risk-of-Traffic-Crashes-and-Deaths.html.1332943430244.2 Screening and brief intervention for at-risk alcohol drinkers significantly reduced subsequent DWI citations for at least five years. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Effects-of-Screening-and-Brief-Intervention-on-DWI-Traffic-Citations.html Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:47:00 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Effects-of-Screening-and-Brief-Intervention-on-DWI-Traffic-Citations.html.1332943430244.5 Consuming a drink of beer, wine or distilled spirits every day significantly reduced death from breast, colorectal, prostate, lung and all-site cancer among 323,000 people in the U.S. National Health Interview Study. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Drinking-Alcohol-Daily-Significantly-Reduced-Mortality-from-Cancer.html Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:36:14 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Drinking-Alcohol-Daily-Significantly-Reduced-Mortality-from-Cancer.html.1332943430244.6 The risk of ischemic heart disease was significantly lower among moderate drinkers compared to both abstainers and heavy drinkers according to an analysis of 44 studies. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Drinking-Alcohol-Reduces-Risk-of-Ischemic-Heart-Disease.html Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:24:01 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Drinking-Alcohol-Reduces-Risk-of-Ischemic-Heart-Disease.html.1332943430244.7 The Bourbon Country Trail includes tours of up to six Bourbon distilleries within close proximity to each other in the hills west of Lexington, KY. CNN described the Bourbon Country Trail as a "Top 10 Classic American Experience." http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Bourbon-Country-Trail.html Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:04:19 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Bourbon-Country-Trail.html.1332943430244.3 Drinking alcohol is not a risk factor for developing cervical cancer, the fifth most common cancer in women around the world. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Drinking-Alcohol-and-Risk-of-Cervical-Cancer.html Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:49:36 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Drinking-Alcohol-and-Risk-of-Cervical-Cancer.html.1332943430244.4 Canadian guidelines for moderate consumption of alcohol recommend that, on any particular occasion, men consume no more than four drinks and that women consume no more than three. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/What-is-Moderate-Drinking.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:38:13 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/What-is-Moderate-Drinking.html.1328208416919.1 Marijuana use by U.S. teenagers has reached a 30 year high while teens drinking alcohol has dropped to a 30 year low according to a nation-wide survey for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Teen-Marijuana-Use-Up-Drinking-Down.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:24:44 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Teen-Marijuana-Use-Up-Drinking-Down.html.1328208416919.2 One percent of heavy drinkers died of liver related causes in an 18 year prospective population based study. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Heavy-Alcohol-Drinking-and-Liver-Related-Death.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:13:19 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Heavy-Alcohol-Drinking-and-Liver-Related-Death.html.1328208416919.3 An analysis of the research indicates that electronicly delivered self-help for problem drinking is more effective than receiving no help and that receiving multiple sessions is more effective than receiving only one seession. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Electronic-Alcohol-Self-Help-More-Effective-than-Alcoholics-Anonymous.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:05:37 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Electronic-Alcohol-Self-Help-More-Effective-than-Alcoholics-Anonymous.html.1328208416919.4 Brief Intervention by nonphysicians is modestly effective in reducing alcohol consumption by primary care patients with unhealthful drinking use. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Effectiveness-of-Brief-Intervention-for-Alcohol-Use-by-Nonphysicians-in-Primary-Care.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:55:35 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Effectiveness-of-Brief-Intervention-for-Alcohol-Use-by-Nonphysicians-in-Primary-Care.html.1328208416919.5 Three DUI courts in three Georgia coiunties were found effective in sighificantly reducing recidivism of DUI offenders, consistent with other research on DUI and DWI courts. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/DUI-Courts-Effective-in-Reducing-Recidivism.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:36:34 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/DUI-Courts-Effective-in-Reducing-Recidivism.html.1328208416919.6 Drunk driving fatalities in the U.S. recently dropped to historic lows and have declined 41% in ten years. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Drunk-Driving-Fatalities-Drop-Significantly-to-Historic-Lows.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:29:37 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Drunk-Driving-Fatalities-Drop-Significantly-to-Historic-Lows.html.1328208416919.7 Drinking alcohol was associated with a 48% reduced risk of death from coronary artery disease among men compared to abstainers and infrequent drinkers and with a 38% reduction in such risk among women in his prospective study of nearly 150,000 Norwegians. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Drinking-Alcohol-and-Greater-Longevity.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:22:21 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Drinking-Alcohol-and-Greater-Longevity.html.1328208416919.8 Higher blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was associated with less severe injuries in a retrospective cross-sectional study of 2,323 victims of traffic crashes. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/BAC-and-Traffic-Crash-Injury-Severity.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:13:28 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/BAC-and-Traffic-Crash-Injury-Severity.html.1328208416919.9 Alcohol consumption has again been found associated with lower mortality among patients with traumatic brain injury. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Alcohol-and-Traumatic-Brain-Injury.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:01:47 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Alcohol-and-Traumatic-Brain-Injury.html.1328208416919.10 Alcohol sting operations conducted by Indiana State inspectors found a dramatic drop in sales to underage persons during the first six months of 2011. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Underage-Alcohol-Sales-Down-Steeply-in-Indiana.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:44:59 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Underage-Alcohol-Sales-Down-Steeply-in-Indiana.html.1328208416919.12 A number of leading safety, insurance, auto, alcohol industry groups and alcohol beverage companies are urging passage of Congressional legislation that would provide $60 million over five years to fund federal research to develop effective alcohol interlock systems. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/ROADS-SAFE-Promoted.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:29:46 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/ROADS-SAFE-Promoted.html.1328208416919.13 Prohibition, the PBS three-part, five-and-one-half hour documentary, tells the fascinating story of the rise, attempted rule, and fall of National Prohibition in the United States (1920-1933). http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Prohibition-The-Film-by-Ken-Burns-and-Lynn-Novick.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:22:00 GMT http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Prohibition-The-Film-by-Ken-Burns-and-Lynn-Novick.html.1328208416919.14