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CONTENTS



1. Alcohol Advertising / Promotion / Sponsorship

2. Impaired Driving / Road Safety

3. Demographic Groups

a. Youth and Young Adults

b. Older Adults

4. Alcohol Controls / Liability / Licensing

5. Health and Safety

a. Pregnancy / Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FAS/FASD)

b. Low / High Risk Drinking / Harm Reduction

c. Crime / Violence / Injury Prevention

d. Addictions Treatment

6. Workplace

7. Influencing Policy

8. Practitioner Resources

9. Other



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1. ALCOHOL ADVERTISING / PROMOTION / SPONSORSHIP



MADD Says Dry Up Alcohol Ads Targeting Youth To Help Stop Underage Drinking

Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Fall 2005

http://www.madd.com/news/10479



Exposure of Hispanic Youth to Alcohol Advertising, 2003-2004

Center for Alcohol Marketing and Youth, October 2005

http://camy.org/research/hispanic1005/



Alcohol Advertising on Television, 2001-2004: The Move to Cable

Center for Alcohol Marketing and Youth, December 2005

http://camy.org/research/tv1205/



Alcohol Advertising: What Makes It Attractive to Youth?

Meng-Jinn Chen, Joel W. Grube, Melina Bersamin, Elizabeth Waiters, Deborah B. Keefe

Journal of Health Communication, 10:553–565, 2005

http://resources.prev.org/documents/AlcoholAdvertising_Youth.pdf

Consuming identities: Alcohol marketing and the commodification of youth experience

Tim McCreanor, Helen Moewaka Barnes, Mandi Gregory, Hector Kaiwai, Suaree Borell

Addiction Research and Theory, Volume 13, Number 6 / December 2005, 579 - 590

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(av3pqu45b2lxgnfcip11w355)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,7,8;journal,1,24;linkingpublicationresults,1:300189,1



Depictions of substance use in reality television: a content analysis of The Osbournes

Nicole A Blair, So Kuen Yue, Ranbir Singh, Jay M Bernhardt

BMJ 2005;331:1517-1519 (24 December)

http://www.bmj.com/content/331/7531/1517.abstract



2. IMPAIRED DRIVING / ROAD SAFETY



Criminal Code 0.05% BAC law will decrease impaired driving in Canada

Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada, December 9, 2005

http://www.madd.ca/english/news/pr/p05dec09.htm



Mixed messages: Contributions to adolescent drinking and driving

Peter Nygaard and Joel W. Grube

Addiction Research and Theory, Volume 13, Number 5 / October 2005, 411 - 426

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(xfmghsibss4fsk55ssxzzlel)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,2,10;journal,2,24;linkingpublicationresults,1:300189,1



Twelve-month prevalence and changes in driving after drinking: United States, 1991–1992 and 2001–2002

S. Patricia Chou, Bridget F. Grant, Deborah A. Dawson, Frederick S. Stinson, Tulshi Saha and Roger P. Pickering

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Volume 80, Issue 2 , 1 November 2005, 223-230

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T63-4G1MD8F-3&_user=10&_handle=V-WA-A-W-AD-MsSAYWW-UUA-U-AAVUAZBBWC-AABDDVVAWC-CEZABAWBZ-AD-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=11%2F01%2F2005&_rdoc=9&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%235019%232005%23999199997%23607686!&_cdi=5019&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=de8661830305e1cd027dccb38b469f0e



3. DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS

a. YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS



Drinking and motivations to drink among adolescent children of parents with alcohol problems

Chalder M, Elgar FJ, Bennett P.

Alcohol Alcohol 2005;.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16239352&s=alc



Substance Use among School-Based Youths in Northern Mexico

Leah J. Floyd, William W. Latimer, Marco Vasquez, Megan O'Brien

American Journal on Addictions, Volume 14, Number 5 / October-December 2005, 464 - 470

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(zw3g1d5524byuzqvglr4mj55)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,6,12;journal,1,35;linkingpublicationresults,1:102425,1



Alcohol and Drug Use Influence Academic Performance

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 1, 2005

http://store.samhsa.gov/home



Youth alcohol and other drug use in the United States and Australia: a cross-national comparison of three state-wide samples

J. W. Toumbourou, J. M. Beyers, R. F. Catalano, J. D. Hawkins, M. W. Arthur, T. Evans-Whipp, L. Bond, G. C. Patton

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 24, Number 6 / November 2005, 515 - 523

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(4da13555htfzxeyadvz5oru5)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,7,15;journal,2,47;linkingpublicationresults,1:102207,1



Prevalence and trends of alcohol use and misuse among adolescents and young adults in the Netherlands from 1993 to 2000

Poelen EA, Scholte RH, Engels RC, Boomsma DI, et al.

Drug Alcohol Depend 2005;79:413-21.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16039803&s=alc



The co-occurrence of smoking and drinking among young adults in college: National survey results from the United States

Elissa R. Weitzmana, Ying-Yeh Chena

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Volume 80, Issue 3, 12 December 2005, 377-386

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T63-4GKWHYJ-2&_user=10&_handle=V-WA-A-W-AZ-MsSAYWW-UUW-U-AAVUWUCAVY-AABDDYCEVY-CEDZDWZYW-AZ-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=12%2F12%2F2005&_rdoc=12&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%235019%232005%23999199996%23611649!&_cdi=5019&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=bbf5c1de476931c9cc50fe7e8ce8cddd



Prevalence and trends of alcohol use and misuse among adolescents and young adults in the Netherlands from 1993 to 2000

Evelien A.P. Poelena, Ron H.J. Scholtea, Rutger C.M.E. Engelsa, Dorret I. Boomsmab and Gonneke Willemsenb

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Volume 79, Issue 3, 1 September 2005, 413-421

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T63-4G3D84V-1&_user=10&_handle=V-WA-A-W-WU-MsSAYWW-UUA-U-AAVUADVZDC-AABDDCCVDC-CEZBEWYBD-WU-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=09%2F01%2F2005&_rdoc=17&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%235019%232005%23999209996%23603729!&_cdi=5019&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=eda809d84f81a702ac81b0b3b1f09941



b. OLDER ADULTS



Pain and use of alcohol to manage pain: prevalence and 3-year outcomes among older problem and non-problem drinkers

Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos RH.

Addiction. 2005; 100(6): 777-786.

http://www.drugfree.org/about?siteID=hec&Tab=News&Object_ID=578432



4. ALCOHOL CONTROLS / LIABILITY / LICENCING



Alcoholism in America: >From Reconstruction to Prohibition

Richard F. Hamm

JAMA 2005;294 2505-2506

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/294/19/2505.2.extract?etoc



5. HEALTH AND SAFETY

a. PREGNANCY / FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER (FAS/FASD)

Fetal or infantile exposure to ethanol promotes ethanol ingestion in adolescence and adulthood: a theoretical review

Spear NE, Molina JC.

Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005;29:909-29.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=15976517&s=alc

Alcohol consumption and serum hormone levels during pregnancy

Stevens RG, Cohen RD, Terry MB, Lasley BL, et al.

Alcohol 2005;36:47-53.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16257353&s=alc



Alcohol Consumption among Low-Income Pregnant Latinas

Chambers CD, Hughes S, Meltzer SB, Wahlgren D, et al.

Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005;29:2022-2028.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16340460&s=alc



Preventing alcohol and drug exposed births in Washington state: intervention findings from three parent-child assistance program sites

Grant TM, Ernst CC, Streissguth A, Stark K, et al.

Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 2005;31:471-90.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16161730&s=alc



Low level alcohol consumption and the fetus

Editorial: Raja A S Mukherjee, S Hollins, Mohammed T Abou-Saleh, and Jeremy Turk

BMJ 2005;330:375-376

http://www.bmj.com/content/330/7488/375.extract



b. LOW / HIGH RISK DRINKING / HARM REDUCTION

Hazardous drinkers and drug users in HMO primary care: prevalence, medical conditions, and costs

Mertens JR, Weisner C, Ray GT, Fireman B, et al.

Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005;29:989-98.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=15976525&s=alc



Economic evaluation of interventions for problem drinking and alcohol dependence: Do within-family external effects make a difference?

Mortimer D, Segal L.

Alcohol Alcohol 2005;.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16244100&s=alc



Mortality and population drinking: a review of the literature

Thor Norström and Mats Ramstedt

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 24, Number 6 / November 2005, 537 - 547

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(mehmkqzk5ls3wxmeukko0d45)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,9,15;journal,2,47;linkingpublicationresults,1:102207,1



The Irish drinking habits of 2002—Drinking and drinking-related harm in a European comparative perspective

Mats Ramstedt and Ann Hope

Journal of Substance Use, Volume 10, Number 5 / 01Oct2005, 273 - 283

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(dkbmxw550t3xcn45xqzsqo55)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,3,8;journal,4,23;linkingpublicationresults,1:107915,1



c. CRIME / VIOLENCE / INJURY PREVENTION



Hazardous alcohol consumption and sense of coherence in emergency department patients with minor trauma

Neuner B, Miller P, Maulhardt A, Weiss-Gerlach E, et al.

Drug Alcohol Depend 2005;.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16216439&s=alc



Alcohol and violent and non-violent acquisitive offending

Mary McMurran and Bryany Cusens

Addiction Research and Theory, Volume 13, Number 5 / October 2005, 439 - 443

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(za0jtyzgsh0kvg55r1znys55)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,4,10;journal,2,24;linkingpublicationresults,1:300189,1



Drug ‘hot-spots’, alcohol availability and violence

D. M. Gorman, Li Zhu, Scott Horel

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 24, Number 6 / November 2005, 507 - 513

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(apwcb155k01bdoe13hxlyfvy)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,6,15;journal,2,47;linkingpublicationresults,1:102207,1



Mortality and population drinking: a review of the literature

Thor Norström and Mats Ramstedt

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 24, Number 6 / November 2005, 537 - 547

http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/(fmqyuyyrcfxdu4m4cpsamqim)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=searcharticlesresults,67,1000;

Alcohol and interpersonal violence : policy briefing

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe

http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/98806/E87347.pdf



d. ADDICTIONS TREATMENT



Alcoholism: Illness beliefs and resource allocation preferences of the Public

Schomerus G, Matschinger H, Angermeyer MC.

Drug Alcohol Depend 2005.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16225998&s=alc



Volume intake and craving in alcohol withdrawal

Hillemacher T, Bayerlein K, Wilhelm J, Poleo D, et al.

Alcohol Alcohol 2005;.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16269533&s=alc



Paths of entry into alcoholics anonymous: consequences for participation and remission

Moos RH, Moos BS.

Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005;29:1858-68.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16269916&s=alc



Alcoholics Anonymous Careers: Patterns of AA Involvement Five Years after Treatment Entry

Kaskutas LA, Ammon L, Delucchi K, Room R, et al.

Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005;29:1983-1990.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16340455&s=alc



Effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems: findings of the randomised UK alcohol treatment trial (UKATT)

Jim Orford

BMJ 2005;331:541 (10 September)

http://www.bmj.com/content/331/7516/541.abstract



Sixteen-year changes and stable remission among treated and untreated individuals with alcohol use disorders

Rudolf H. Moos, Bernice S. Moos

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Volume 80, Issue 3 , 12 December 2005, 337-347

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T63-4GBWJCT-1&_user=10&_handle=V-WA-A-W-AZ-MsSAYWW-UUW-U-AAVUWUCAVY-AABDDYCEVY-CEDZDWZYW-AZ-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=12%2F12%2F2005&_rdoc=8&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%235019%232005%23999199996%23611649!&_cdi=5019&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=e8802919c356861c7da513e95a698401



6. WORKPLACE



Study: 7 % of American workers drink on the job

Associated Press

CTV.ca, January 11, 2006

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060111/american_drinkingstudy_060111/20060111/



7. INFLUENCING POLICY



Déjà vu? Opportunities and obstacles in developing alcohol policy in English prisons

Karen Duke

Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, Volume 12, Number 5 / October 2005, 417 - 430

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(zli3qzeais2d1a554ix5tr45)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,7,7;journal,2,32;linkingpublicationresults,1:102208,1



From Alcoholism Treatment to the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England: An Overview of Alcohol Policy since 1950

Betsy Thom

American Journal on Addictions, Volume 14, Number 5 / October-December 2005, 416 - 425

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(z22ymq45lzlp1l5513j5p33p)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,2,12;journal,1,35;linkingpublicationresults,1:102425,1



Alcohol policy and harm reduction in Australia

Wendy Loxley, Dennis Gray, Celia Wilkinson, Tanya Chikritzhs, Richard Midford, David Moore

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 24, Number 6 / November 2005, 559 - 568

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(m4cossu3bj3itp55yzf44a55)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,14,15;journal,2,47;linkingpublicationresults,1:102207,1



Alcohol policy and harm reduction in Australia

Wendy Loxley, Dennis Gray, Celia Wilkinson, Tanya Chikritzhs, Richard Midford, David Moore

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 24, Number 6 / November 2005, 559 - 568

http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/(fmqyuyyrcfxdu4m4cpsamqim)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=searcharticlesresults,54,1000;



Alcohol misuse, public health, and public policy

Editorial: Soumen Sengupta and Lesley Hoyle

BMJ 2005;330:1343-1344

http://www.bmj.com/content/330/7504/1343.extract



8. PRACTITIONER RESOURCES



Under what circumstances are nurses willing to engage in brief alcohol interventions? A qualitative study from primary care in Sweden

Johansson K, Akerlind I, Bendtsen P.

Addict Behav 2005;30:1049-53.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=15893103&s=alc



Use of laboratory markers and the audit questionnaire by primary care physicians to detect alcohol abuse by patients

Aalto M, Seppa K.

Alcohol Alcohol 2005;40:520-3.

http://amedeo.com/p2.php?id=16215269&s=alc

The management of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use problems by general practitioners in Australia

Louisa Degenhardt, Stephanie Knox, Bridget Barker, Helena Britt, Anthony Shakeshaft

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 24, Number 6 / November 2005, 499 - 506

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(txywtg55tjuril45q3qrdwes)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,5,15;journal,2,47;linkingpublicationresults,1:102207,1



Implementation of brief alcohol intervention in primary health care: do nurses' and general practitioners' attitudes, skills and knowledge change?

Mauri Aalto, Petteri Pekuri, Kaija Seppä

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 24, Number 6 / November 2005, 555 - 558

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(5ksjeu45slau5s55hif2a355)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,13,15;journal,2,47;linkingpublicationresults,1:102207,1



Promoting Early Intervention for Substance Use Disorders Through Interdisciplinary Education for Health Professionals

Katherine Fornili and Mary R. Haack

Journal of Addictions Nursing, Volume 16, Number 3 / Fall 2005, 153 - 160

http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/(fmqyuyyrcfxdu4m4cpsamqim)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=searcharticlesresults,8,1000;



9. OTHER



The Social Norms Review: Issue #2

National Social Norms Resource Center

Newsletter, October 2005

http://www.socialnorms.org/pdf/SNR1-2-2005.pdf



Results from the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2005

http://oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k4nsduh/2k4Results/2k4Results.htm#toc