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| Take Our New Poll and Rate Indiana's Alcohol Laws | |
Visit the Save My Sunday blog here and scroll down to take our new poll on the right side of the page. Here's the update from our last poll question:
Do you think Walgreens should be allowed to sell beer, wine, and alcohol in Indiana?
92 percent said "NO"
8 percent said "YES" |
| RAD Spotlight: Outside The Classroom | | For nearly a decade, Outside The Classroom has been steadfast in its endeavor to strengthen the field of alcohol prevention.
Here's how the group got started:
In 1999, Brandon Busteed was in the unique position of serving on the Duke University Board of Trustees. A recent graduate and former Class President, Brandon saw the issue of alcohol from the student perspective all the way to the board. He realized not only how big the problem was but also how complex it was.
During his days as a student leader promoting alcohol-free events, Busteed had struggled to de-emphasize the role of alcohol in social life but grew increasingly disheartened watching Duke's best and brightest continually rely on alcohol as a social crutch. While still an undergraduate, he decided to start a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to tackling high-risk drinking at America's colleges and universities. His goal was to find an approach that empowered students to address the problem.
After being turned down for 17 grants, he came to see that the nonprofit model was not the right fit. Outside The Classroom would have to be a different breed of organization. Shortly thereafter, Brandon secured financing from several early backers and angel investors and launched the organization as a for-profit social enterprise.
Here's the website info: "We provide institutional leaders and their students with the information and tools they need to develop well-informed, cost-effective strategies for reducing alcohol-related risk and preventing harm. Through our world-class expertise, tradition of innovation, and comprehensive approach, we offer unparalleled effectiveness in changing behavior and ensuring that prevention dollars are well spent." |
| Any Alcohol Tip Hotlines in Indiana? | |
Project RAD found an online story this week about law enforcement officers tracking down illegal prescriptions at a Walgreens written by a Kokomo doctor. Police were alerted by a pharmacist who questioned the prescription for 240 Loritabs and 120 Xanax and confirmed with a Kokomo doctor that the script was a fraud.  Citizens are encouraged to report suspected illegal drug activity by calling the anonymous Indiana State Police Marijuana Tip Line at 1-888-873-1694. But we're wondering: are there any tip lines for underage drinking in Indiana? If so, please let us know and we'll post here. |
UK Woman Banned from Pubs | |
While we know UK alcohol issues are rampant, we never expected to read an article like this one:  The girl banned from every pub in Britain has revealed the shocking scale of her drinking - eight pints of lager, a bottle of white wine and a dozen vodka shots EVERY NIGHT. Jobless Laura Hall, 20, drinks herself into a stupor, often making herself sick just so she can keep going. She says she often flouts her pub ban by drinking in towns where she is not know, disguising herself with a scarf over half her face. Here's the full story posted by The Mirror. |
| World Health Organization Takes on Alcohol Marketers | |
Countries around the world are pledging to get tough with companies that market beer and liquor on social media networks such as Facebook, warning that such promotions threaten to entice a new generation into harmful drinking patterns.
The crackdown is part of a strategy endorsed by the World Health Organization's 193 members, breaking decades of global inaction on one of the leading causes of death. It also puts national governments on a collision course with an industry wary of new taxes and advertising controls.
Brewers and liquor manufacturers have trumpeted their brands online, and their sites on Facebook are booming. Heineken counts 400,000 people who "like" its beer, while vodka maker Absolut and alcopop brand Smirnoff Ice are nearing a half-million each.
In the 24-page report, WHO warned that alcohol was being "marketed through increasingly sophisticated advertising and promotion techniques." Sports, concerts and sponsorships are being joined by e-mails, texts, podcasting and social media to reach consumers, some of them underage.
The strategy isn't a legal treaty and it lacks the teeth of WHO's 2005 landmark tobacco accord, which requires ratifying governments to fight smoking. But WHO guidelines can send a powerful message that countries are ready to work together on tougher international laws for products from cigarettes to booze.
Harmful drinking is the third leading risk factor for disability and premature death in the world, with 2.5 million deaths each year linked to alcohol, WHO said. That figure includes 320,000 people between 15 and 29, and the agency said many others are sickened with heart and liver diseases, cancer and even HIV/AIDS because of alcohol abuse. |
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