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Alcohol Screening.org

Online self-screening tool to help you assess your drinking patterns, and learn about alcohol consumption & health

Your First Step to Change: Drinking

Online self-change toolkit from Harvard Medical School

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Pamphlets, brochures, surveillance reports, research monographs, manuals, online databases, and Alcohol Alerts

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD)

Prevention, intervention, research, and treatment information on alcoholism and other drug addictions. Publications, facts, links to further resources, and awareness materials.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)

Order or view online; articles, fact sheets, brochures, studies, more.

StopAlcoholAbuse.Gov

A comprehensive portal of Federal resources for information on underage drinking and ideas for combating this issue. People interested in underage drinking prevention—including parents, educators, community-based organizations, and youth—will find a wealth of valuable information here.

Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at Georgetown University

CAMY monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth. Reducing high rates of underage alcohol consumption and the suffering caused by alcohol-related injuries and deaths among young people requires using the public health strategies of limiting the access to and the appeal of alcohol to underage persons.

Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free

Web site dedicated to prevention of underage drinking focusing on children ages 9 to 15.

Alcohol Policies Project

From the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI); to promote a comprehensive, prevention-oriented policy strategy to change the role of alcohol in society. Fact Sheets.

Join Together Online

National resource center working to reduce substance abuse (illicit drugs, alcohol and tobacco).

Alcohol Cost Calculator

The human and economic consequences of alcohol problems are staggering on a national scale. They are the third leading cause of preventable death in America, they destroy millions of families, they rob millions of young people of their futures and they drain $186 billion from our economy every year. Yet few people know how much alcohol problems cost at the community or company level.

Global Alcohol Database (WHO)

Source of global information on alcohol use, alcohol related problems and alcohol policies. The database brings together information on the alcohol and health situation in individual countries and includes trends in alcohol use and related mortality. Also has information on alcohol production, trade, and health effects, national alcohol control measures and policies.

SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics by topic, drug type, NSDUH Report, more

Portal Hispano/Latino para la Prevención del Abuso de ATOD

Links to alcohol information in Spanish, Português, and English

Involuntary Commitment or Treatment - Proceedings for the involuntary commitment or treatment of a chronic substance abuser to a facility - Law from the Iowa Code beginning with Chapter 125, Section 75 continuing through Chapter 125 Section 92.
 Emergency detention, Ch.125.91
 Application Alleging Chronic Substance Abuse
 Affidavit in Support of Application Alleging Chronic Substance Abuse

Alcoholism:  Getting the Facts - NIAAA pamphlet

[Alcohol] FAQs for the General Public - NIAAA

Alcohol facts - from College Drinking Prevention.org

A Family History of Alcoholism (NIAAA) - booklet

The Fact is...Alcoholism Tends to Run in Families

Tips For Teens: The Truth About Alcohol (SAMHSA) fact sheet

Effects of drinking during pregnancy - from the Central Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies

How to Cut Down on your Drinking (NIAAA) brochure. In Spanish.

If Someone Close Has a Problem with Alcohol or Other Drugs (NCADI) - fact sheet

How to help an older adult with substance abuse problems - Hazelden publication

Underage Drinking Costs (Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation) National and State stats

Fact Sheets from the Iowa Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau

The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992

Updating Estimates of the Economic Costs of Alcohol Abuse in the United States, 2000 (NIAAA) - report

Close to Home - PBS series companion to "Moyers on Addiction." Understanding and treating addiction, controversial policy issues, lesson plans for teachers, and a 13-issue soap opera comic-book series for teens.

Alcohol Dependence or Abuse and Age at First Use - statistics from the NSDUH report. Indicates that delayed alcohol use linked to fewer problems with abuse as adults.

Alcohol and Stress - Research article in Alcohol Research & Health, Volume 23, Number 4, 1999