April 1, 2003
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The National Crime Prevention Council convened Alcohol Policy XII, "Alcohol and Crime: Research and Practice for Prevention," which took place June 11-14, 2000 in Washington.
May 1, 2003
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The Alameda County , Castlemont Corridor Coordinating Council initiated a project in March 1990 to reduce the demand for alcohol and drugs and the harm they cause in East Oakland.
May 1, 2003
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) created a task force of representatives from a variety of ethnic/racial organizations and traffic safety professionals to provide advice about how to reach special populations effectively.
July 1, 2003
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Northwest New Mexico Fighting Back worked to reduce the demand for alcohol and other drugs in San Juan, McKinley and Cibola counties, a 15,000 square mile region with a large Native American population.
October 1, 2003
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The White Mountain Apache Tribe organized "cluster" groups of people with similar interests as a way to find solutions to community problems, especially in the area of substance abuse.
December 1, 2003
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The Public Health Institute's Alcohol Research Group and the Addiction Research Foundation examined factors that influence federal alcohol policy formation, with particular emphasis on the role of research in policy development.
December 1, 2003
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Investigators at Harvard University School of Public Health studied the effects of college and community policies on drinking, smoking and related problems among college students.
December 1, 2003
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From 1996 to 1998, Gregory C. Pope, M.S., and a team of investigators at the Center for Health Economics Research examined whether local smoke-free restaurant policies in Massachusetts affected restaurant sales.
December 1, 2003
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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center examined the relationship between regulatory practices of alcohol-control agencies and alcohol-related traffic deaths in 107 cities that participate in the NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
December 1, 2003
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The Center for Media Education surveyed 300 tobacco and alcohol Web sites, and analyzed the commercial content of more than 100 sites to determine how these companies use online technologies to promote their products.