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    Preventing Civilian Casualties, Drinking During the Pandemic, Vaccination Equity: RAND Weekly Recap

    Jan 28, 2022

    This weekly recap focuses on how to reform the Pentagon’s policies on civilian casualties, secondary school principals’ well-being, alcohol use in the COVID-19 era, and more.

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    How Russia Targets U.S. Elections, Black Workers and COVID-19, TikTok: RAND Weekly Recap

    Oct 2, 2020

    This weekly recap focuses on how Russia targets U.S. elections, Americans' increased alcohol consumption during the pandemic, Black workers and COVID-19, and more.

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  • A woman blowing into a breath monitor, photo by aijohn784/Getty Images
    Substance Use Harm Reduction

    commentary

    Revoking the 'License to Drink': Emerging Evidence on Mandatory Sobriety

    Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer, Gregory Midgette

    Jun 29, 2020

    Institute of Alcohol Studies

    After counties in South Dakota implemented a 24/7 sobriety program, repeat arrests for impaired driving decreased in the counties by an average of 12%. North Dakota implemented a similar program and also saw decreases in impaired driving. Can the same results be achieved outside of the Dakotas?

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  • Woman looking out window with wine bottle and glass on table in foreground, photo by kieferpix/Getty Images
    Women's Health

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    Do We Know How to Treat Alcohol Misuse in Women?

    Kristie L. Gore, Sydne Newberry, Susanne Hempel

    Apr 29, 2020

    The RAND Blog

    Despite the many clinical trials that have demonstrated the effectiveness and safety of treatments for alcohol use disorder, we still know little about whether men and women respond differently to treatment. Without knowing whether recommended treatments are effective for women, women are vulnerable to the consequences of alcohol misuse.

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  • A customer browses screens displaying recreational marijuana products at the MedMen store in West Hollywood, California, January 2, 2018
    Cannabis

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    How Will Cannabis Legalization Affect Alcohol Consumption?

    Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer, Rosanna Smart @RosannaSmart

    Feb 13, 2018

    GreenState (San Francisco Chronicle)

    How will legalization of recreational marijuana affect alcohol consumption? Will drinking go down because people substitute cannabis for alcohol? Or will drinking go up because cannabis and alcohol complement each other? These questions have important implications.

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    Parenting

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    What Your Kids Need to Know About Marijuana, Legalized or Not

    Elizabeth J. D'Amico

    Sep 21, 2016

    Los Angeles Times

    If you are a parent, no matter how you feel about legalizing marijuana, you need to be prepared to talk about the drug with your kids.

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  • A police officer holds a pen and conducts a field sobriety test on a motorist
    Alcohol

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    Should Some Californians Lose Their 'License to Drink'?

    Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer

    Jul 6, 2016

    San Diego Union-Tribune

    In California, many efforts to reduce repeat drunken driving focus on the driving. What if the state targeted the 'drunk' aspect instead?

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  • People look at products at the medical marijuana farmers market at the California Heritage Market in Los Angeles, California July 11, 2014
    Cannabis

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    If California Legalizes Marijuana, Consumption Will Likely Increase. But Is That a Bad Thing?

    Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer

    May 16, 2016

    Los Angeles Times

    Legalizing and allowing profit-maximizing firms to produce, sell, and advertise recreational marijuana would likely increase marijuana consumption. But how would this increased consumption influence the use of other substances?

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  • Student giving a joint to another student
    Underage Substance Use Prevention

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    Making Prevention a Priority

    Matthew Chinman

    Mar 7, 2016

    VT Digger

    A bill legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes in Vermont has a strong possibility of passing. Lawmakers and communities should focus on putting in place drug prevention programs aimed at young people, considering that their marijuana use is higher in Vermont than the national average.

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    Military Health and Health Care

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    Tools for Coping with a Military Spouse's Drinking

    Karen Chan Osilla

    Oct 5, 2015

    SpouseBUZZ

    A new research study and web program, Partners Connect, was launched in September to help military spouses concerned about a loved one's drinking.

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    Alcohol

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    Is Concern About Powdered Alcohol Distracting from More Serious Drinking Problems?

    Kimberly A. Hepner @KimberlyHepner

    Aug 17, 2015

    New York Daily News

    Powdered alcohol is at this point a curiosity, not a threat. Americans should be more worried about the health problems caused by widespread misuse of liquid alcohol.

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    Alcohol

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    Could You Lose Your License to Drink?

    Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer

    Jun 23, 2015

    CNN

    Criminal justice reform requires creating demand for bold ideas about simultaneously reducing incarceration and crime. Given the prominent role alcohol plays in crime — and the strong results from South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety program — suspending one's “license to drink” seems well worth considering.

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  • A child breaking a cigarette in half
    Underage Substance Use Prevention

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    What Works in Early Life to Prevent Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction?

    Daniel Schweppenstedde

    Apr 23, 2015

    The RAND Blog

    Tobacco and alcohol addiction are widespread public health risks across the European Union. Both merit tackling at a young age. Evidence-based, early interventions are available that can be applied in small-scale settings to prevent underage alcohol and tobacco abuse.

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    Diet and Eating Habits

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    A New Year's Resolution: Target Practices That Undermine Weight Control

    Deborah A. Cohen

    Dec 29, 2014

    Newsweek

    Many will vow to lose weight in the coming year, but most will inevitably fail, not from lack of motivation or knowledge but from insuperable forces undermining their best intentions. America should resolve to address obesity where it begins: the point of purchase.

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    Media Influences on Health

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    Dutch and UK Adolescents See More Alcohol Advertising on TV Than Adults

    Eleanor Winpenny

    May 23, 2014

    The RAND Blog

    Adolescents in the UK and the Netherlands (but not in Germany) see more alcohol adverts on television, per hour of television watched, than adults. These differences result from the different viewing times, channels watched, and the placement of adverts.

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  • Benjamin Lesczynski, 8, of New York, takes a sip of a "Big Gulp" while protesting the proposed "soda ban" suggested by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, July 9, 2012
    Nutrition Policy

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    Let's Regulate Food Like We Do Alcohol

    Deborah A. Cohen

    May 19, 2014

    New York Daily News

    To help people avoid overeating, the kinds of policies effective in controlling alcohol consumption should be applied to food — standardizing portion sizes, limiting impulse marketing and reducing the convenience and salience of foods most closely associated with obesity and chronic diseases.

    Read More »
  • man being arrested for drunk driving after an accident
    Substance Use Harm Reduction

    commentary

    California's Misguided Approach

    Katherine E. Watkins

    Mar 17, 2014

    Orange County Register

    Despite the frequency with which people are convicted of multiple DUI offenses, California continues to require that all individuals with a DUI attend a 30- or 60-hour education program. However, these programs aren't that effective.

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  • A group of teenagers drinking outdoors
    Underage Substance Use Prevention

    commentary

    U.S. Needs to Improve Community-Based Drug, Alcohol Prevention

    Matthew Chinman, Joie D. Acosta, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula

    Jan 31, 2014

    The Orange County Register

    As familiar as Americans are with the problems of youth drug and alcohol abuse, we are not identifying all the potential solutions. While observers criticize overemphasis in U.S. policy on enforcement and scant resources devoted to treatment, the focus on these approaches often ignores a key piece of the puzzle: prevention.

    Read More »
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    Health Legislation

    commentary

    The Conspiracy to Keep You Fat

    Deborah A. Cohen

    Jan 6, 2014

    Los Angeles Times

    Just as we needed policies to protect people from having alcohol thrust in their faces everywhere they went, we need to develop and implement policies that protect people from food cues and triggers designed to make them eat when they're not hungry and over-consume.

    Read More »
  • child sleeping near a Christmas tree
    Sleep

    commentary

    How to Sleep in Heavenly Peace This Holiday Season

    Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel

    Dec 2, 2013

    The Huffington Post

    The holiday season is a time when people try to do too much. And that often leads to stress and worry, which can be the enemies of a good night's sleep. Here are a few tricks to help manage the episodic bouts of insomnia that are common during the holidays.

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    Controlled Substances and Illegal Drugs

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    A New Approach to Reducing Drunk Driving and Domestic Violence

    Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer

    Nov 15, 2012

    Beau Kilmer, codirector of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center, discusses South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Project, which requires those arrested for or convicted of alcohol-related offenses to take twice-a-day breathalyzer tests or wear a continuous monitoring bracelet. Those who fail or skip their tests are immediately subject to modest sanctions—typically a day or two in jail.

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    Diet and Eating Habits

    commentary

    New York City Is Right to Treat Soda Like 'Demon Rum'

    Deborah A. Cohen, Lila Rabinovich

    Sep 14, 2012

    Newsday

    It is time we treated food with the same respect we hold for the power of alcohol. It's time to develop and implement regulations that will help us moderate our diets and stem the obesity epidemic, write Deborah Cohen and Lila Rabinovich.

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  • teen girls drinking
    Underage Substance Use Prevention

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    Webcast: Getting to Outcomes in Underage Drinking Prevention

    May 21, 2012

    In honor of National Underage Drinking Prevention Day, there will be a live, interactive webcast today (May 21) about successful approaches and resources to prevent underage drinking. The issue of underage drinking may sometimes be overshadowed by other forms of substance use, but it remains a steady and significant problem in the United States.

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    Alcohol

    commentary

    Price of Intoxication: The Case for a Minimum Price for Alcohol

    Lila Rabinovich

    Oct 30, 2009

    RAND.org

    If ever there was a scheme that might reduce excessive alcohol consumption while causing minimal social and economic disruption, a minimum price on alcohol may be it, writes Lila Rabinovich.

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  • The Department of Defense has exactly zero permanent staff who wake up every morning with the sole priority of preparing the military to reduce civilian harm in combat. Protecting civilians is important to everyone in the department, but it's the top priority for no one.

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