• Alcohol: Quick Stats: General Information [CDC]
• Alcohol: Quick Stats (links to recent reports) [CDC]
• Alcohol Use [FastStats]
• Medline Plus: Alcohol: Statistics
• What's New in Alcohol Reports [SAMHSA] - links to many recent reports
• SAMHSA: Alcohol
• NIAAA: Data/Statistical Tables
• Alcohol-Related Fatalities:2006 [NHTSA]
• Quick Facts on Impaired Driving
• NHTSA: Traffic Safety Research & Statistics
• Just the Facts [college drinking]
• American Marketplace: Demographics and Spending Patterns (2005) CATALOG RECORD
• Household Spending: Who Spends How Much On What (2006) CATALOG RECORD
• Characteristics of Primary Alcohol Admissions by Age of First Use Of Alcohol: 2002 (2005)
• State Data on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illegal Drug Use
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: 2005 [MMWR] | ARCHIVE
• Health United States. Annual, 1975-. HTML | CATALOG RECORD
• RAND California: Drug and Alcohol Abuse Statistics [CSUF only]
• State Traffic Safety Information [for all 50 states, alcohol involvement in fatal crashes]
• Statistical Abstract of the United States [annual] HTML | CATALOG RECORD
• Substance Use in Popular Movies and Music (1999) CATALOG RECORD
• Substance Use in Popular Prime-Time Television (2000) 

• Cost of Alcohol Abuse to Los Angeles County (2003) PDF-25 pages
• National Expenditures for Mental Health Services and Substance Abuse Treatment 1991–2001
• Costs to Society [NIDA]
• Updating Estimates of the Economic Costs of Alcohol Abuse in the United States (2000)
• Economic Costs of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Estimated at $246 Billion in the United States, 1998 | Full Report
• Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States, 1992

• Young Adult Drinking [Alcohol Alert] (2006)
• Characteristics of Primary Alcohol Admissions by Age of First Use Of Alcohol: 2002 (2005)
• Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment in the United States: Exemplary Models from a National Evaluation Study (2003) CATALOG RECORD
• Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility (2003)
• Alcohol and Highway Safety 2001 (2001) HTML | CATALOG RECORD
• How Does Alcohol Affect the World of a Child?
• Assessing Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Disorders in Juvenile Detainees (2001) PDF-2 pages |  CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK
• Alcohol and Drugs, Delinquency, and Crime: Looking Back to the Future CATALOG RECORD
• Alcohol: Minimising the Harm: What Works? CATALOG RECORD
• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Abuse: Challenges and Responses CATALOG RECORD
• Alcohol, Tobacco, Staples of Movies, Music [Stanford]
• Alcoholism: An Inherited Disease (1985) CATALOG RECORD 
• Combating Underage Drinking CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK
• Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom CATALOG RECORD
• Effects of the Mass Media on the Use and Abuse of Alcohol CATALOG RECORD
• Enforcement of Underage Impaired-Driving Laws CATALOG RECORD
• Highway Safety: Effectiveness of State .08 Blood Alcohol Laws CATALOG RECORD
• If Someone Close has A Problem With Alcohol Or Drugs CATALOG RECORD
• National Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and Behavior CATALOG RECORD
• Overview of Addiction Treatment Effectiveness CATALOG RECORD
• Public Law 106-346 (H.R. 4475) (withholds transportation funds from states not enforcing .08 BAC laws.) Passed into law October 23, 2000.
• Substance Use in Popular Movies and Music (1999) CATALOG RECORD
• Substance Use in Popular Prime-Time Television (2000) 

Articles ▲

CSUF only. To find articles, search Pollak Library's subscription databases. The links below will take you to a list of relevant databases.

Databases--Statistics
Databases--Pro & Con
Databases--Scholarly Journals
Databases--Newspapers
Databases--Government Sources

CSUF subscribes to the following relevant journals:

• Alcohol [electronic access only]
• Alcohol Alerts
• Alcohol Health and Research World CATALOG RECORD [Note: Full-text on Academic Search Premier]
• Alcohol Research and Health CATALOG RECORD [Note: Full-text on  Academic Search Premier]
• American Journal of Public Health CATALOG RECORD [Note: Full-text on ABI/Inform]
• Catalyst [college students and alcohol use]
• Drug and Alcohol Dependence [subscription via Science Direct]
• Journal of Studies on Alcohol CATALOG RECORD  
• NIDA Notes
• SAMHSA News

Articles of note:         top

CQ Researcher:
"Drinking on Campus," Aug. 18, 2006
"Teen Driving," January 7, 2005
"Drunk Driving," October 6, 2000
"Drinking on Campus," March 20. 1998
"Alcohol Advertising," March 14, 1997

"A Spirited Debate Over DUI Laws; The government's effort to compel states to lower blood-alcohol limits encounters resistance. A senator in Iowa calls the policy 'blackmail.'" Ralph Vartabedian;  Los Angeles Times, Dec 30, 2002; page A-1. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.

"Drunk Driving Battle Gains; California's alcohol-related fatality rate is near the bottom among states, study says, after one of the biggest 20-year declines." Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2002, Part 2 page 1. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.

 

"Alcohol abuse as a risk factor for and consequence of child abuse," Alcohol Research and Health, Vol. 25; Issue. 1, 52-57. DOCS/US  HE 20.8309:25/1 p.52-57. PDF-6 pages.

 

"Variation in youthful risks of progression from alcohol and tobacco to marijuana and to hard drugs across generations," American Journal of Public Health, Volume 91, Issue 2, 2001, pages 225-232.
Online: For full text, search the ABI/Inform [CSUF only] database by Article Title.
Print: PERIODICALS  RA421 .A411 

• CSU policy: "CSU Prohibits Alcoholic Beverages at Campus Athletic Events," January 12, 2006.
• CSU policy: Executive Order 966: Alcoholic Beverage Sales and Advertising Policy, December 23, 2005.
• CSU--statistics on alcohol consumption: Curbing Student Alcohol Abuse (2003)
• CSUF policy: "Titan Fans Lose Booze," Daily Titan, February 6, 2006.
• CSUF policy: President's Directive No. 1: University Policy Regarding the Possession, Manufacturing, Sale, Furnishing Without Charge, and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages and Other Drugs in a University Workplace or Residence Facility
• CSUF policy: President's Direction No. 7: University Policy Regarding the Marketing of Alcoholic Beverages on Campus
  CSUF Policy: University Policy Statement 330.231: Policy Regarding the Illegal Use of Drugs by Student PDF-3 pages
• CSUF policy: Policy on the Use of Alcoholic and Malt Beverages by Students and By Student Organizations PDF-2 pages
• Los Angeles Times article: "Cal State OKs Assault on Student Drinking: Education: The 23 campuses will offer treatment programs, advisory boards and ad campaigns."  Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2001, Home Edition, Part 2, page 11. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.

• Recent reports: College Drinking: Changing the Culture [NIAAA]
• "Drinking on Campus," CQ Researcher, Aug. 18, 2006 [CSUF only]
• Statistics: Just the Facts
• Binge drinking: Binge Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 12 to 20: 2002 and 2003 Update (2005)
• Underage Drinking: Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility (2003)
• College Alcohol Study (links to recent studies and articles) [Harvard] (2003) - links to recent studies and articles
• A Call To Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges (2002)
  • Press Release: College Drinking Hazardous to Campus Communities: Task Force Calls for Research-Based Prevention Programs (April 9, 2002) [NIAAA]
• College Drinking: Changing the Culture (2002) [NIAAA]
• Task Force on College Drinking Reports (2002) [NIAAA] - Links to several recent reports including:
  • Just the Facts [statistics]
  • Student Perspective on Alcohol Abuse
  • Today's First Year Students and Alcohol
• Binge Drinking on America's College Campuses (2001)  PDF-15 pages
• Alcohol And Other Drug Prevention: A Bulletin for Fraternity and Sorority Advisors CATALOG RECORD
• Alcohol Practices, Policies, and Potentials of American Colleges and Universities: An OSAP White Paper CATALOG RECORD
• Catalyst [periodical on college students and alcohol use] ONLINE | CATALOG RECORD
• College Alcohol Risk Assessment Guide CATALOG RECORD
• "Drinking on Campus," CQ Researcher, March 20, 1998 [REFERENCE H35 E35]
• Making the Link: Faculty and Prevention  CATALOG RECORD
• Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems Among College Students [NIH] (1998)
• Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems on Campus [multiple titles] CATALOG RECORD
• Setting and Improving Policies for Reducing Alcohol & Other Drug Problems on Campus CATALOG RECORD
• Smoking, Drinking, and Illicit Drug Use Among American Secondary School Students, College Students, and Young Adults, 1975-1991 CATALOG RECORD
• Social Marketing Strategies for Campus Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems CATALOG RECORD
• A Social Norms Approach to Preventing Binge Drinking at Colleges and Universities CATALOG RECORD
• Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking CATALOG RECORD

• Minorities and Drugs [statistics]
• Alcohol and Minorities: An Update (2002)
• Contacts between Police and the Public: 2005 (2007) PDF-14 pages (data on black, hispanic, and white drivers and traffic stops)
• Addictions and Native Americans CATALOG RECORD
• Alcohol and Other Drug Use Is A Special Concern for African American Families and Communities CATALOG RECORD
• Blacks Against Drunk Driving: A Culture-based Handbook to Promote Traffic Safety Awareness and Action (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Challenge of Participatory Research: Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems in Ethnic Communities  CATALOG RECORD
• Cultural Competence for Social Workers: A Guide for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Professionals Working With Ethnic Racial Communities CATALOG RECORD
• Doin' Drugs: Patterns of African American Addiction CATALOG RECORD
• Minorities and Drugs [statistics]
• Second National Conference on Preventing and Treating Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, HIV Infection, and AIDS in Black Communities: From Advocacy to Action CATALOG RECORD
• Toolkit for Hispanic/Latino Community Groups: Organizing Hispanic/Latino Communities for the Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drug Use INTERNET | CATALOG RECORD
• Working with Youth in High-Risk Environments CATALOG RECORD