The focus of this pamphlet is on establishing or refining a program to provide educational services for the general student body at colleges and universities, most of whom drink alcoholic beverages during their college career. Although most of these students are not currently experiencing chronic alcohol abuse, nor will most of them develop…

This document contains the second edition of the Alcohol or Drug Related Traffic Offenders' Program (ARTOP) curriculum guide developed by the Missouri Department of Mental Health to reduce alcohol-related traffic offenses by presenting factual information about the physical effects of alcohol on the body and on driving skills. The materials…

The Gerontology Alcohol Project, a treatment/research program investigating the characteristics of the late-life onset elderly alcohol abuser, was used as a model for a new program which emphasized teaching the elderly abusers how to break down their personal drinking behavior chain and deal with the antecedents of drinking behavior, to use…

The results of this survey indicate that there is a continuing need, both financially and in knowledge, to upgrade drug education practices. (RC)

It is important for the prevention of alcohol abuse to agree on standards of responsible alcohol-related behaviors that contribute to the enhancement of health as well as the prevention of problems. (MM)

The Alcohol Metabolism Program, a computer program used to compute peak blood alcohol levels, is expanded upon to include a cover page, brief introduction, and techniques for generalizing the program to calculate peak levels for any number of drinks. (DF)

Assessed unique treatment effects of training controlled drinking skills in a chronic alcoholic population of veterans (N=62). Results of a six-month posttreatment follow-up revealed that subjects in the drinking skills condition had significantly fewer abstinent days and more abusive drinking days than subjects in the untrained condition. (LLL)

Tested the effectiveness of Behavioral Self-Control Training in reducing alcohol consumption, blood alcohol concentration, drinking-and-driving incidents, and life problems. No significant differences were found between conditions on these variables suggesting that a controlled drinking goal may not be feasible for all drinking-and-driving…

Two workshops were desired to influence community gatekeepers' knowledge, attitudes and referral practices toward women alcohol abusers. Workshops were successful in increasing participants' knowledge, however, little change in attitudes or behavior was found. Limited success of the workshop may be due to its appeal primarily to gatekeepers…

Examined drinking portrayals on the day time soap opera, "All My Children." Overall, "All My Children" was found to be doing a good job of accurately portraying drinking problems. Several good role models for social drinking and abstinence were presented and negative reinforcement for heavier or high risk drinking was frequent.…

Identified behaviors related to alcohol consumption and examined behaviors exhibited by college groups designated by amount and frequency of alcohol consumption. Behavior groups (Abusers, Weekenders, Users, and Socials) differed markedly in variables related and unrelated to drinking behavior. Findings suggest alcohol awareness programs should be…

The status of alcohol and drug education. (JA)

Points and suggestions that could be used in an instructional program about alcohol. Presented at the Session on Alcohol and the Adolescent, 14th Annual American Medical Association-American School Health Association Session on School Health, San Francisco, California, 1972. (JC)

Describes the flexible and relatively unstructured program of activities of the Family Activity Center for women alcoholics in Atlanta, Georgia. (RJ)