Ohio College Initiative to Reduce High Risk Drinking:

The entities listed below provide a range of services, from research and evaluation to programs and potential funding, that can be of use to campus community coalitions. If you would like to suggest a resource to include in this listing, please e-mail Drug-Free Action Alliance at contact@drugfreeactionalliance.org.

Drug-Free Action Alliance

http://www.drugfreeactionalliance.org

Drug-Free Action Alliance brings together more than 40 colleges and universities to form campus and community coalitions to reduce the environmental influences that condone or promote high-risk drinking. Drug-Free Action Alliance helps the colleges and universities to focus on five strategies for reducing the environmental influences.

From its beginning in 1996, the focus of the Ohio College Initiative has been on forming campus and community coalitions that work to change the alcohol-related culture surrounding college students. Drug-Free Action Alliance facilitates this initiative by organizing meetings and trainings and providing technical assistance.

Higher Education Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention

http://www.higheredcenter.org

The Higher Education Center's purpose is to help college and community leaders develop, implement, and evaluate programs and policies to reduce student problems related to alcohol and other drug use and interpersonal violence. The Center favors a comprehensive approach to prevention. Central to this approach is a mix of environmental management strategies to address the institutional, community, and public policy factors that contribute to these problems. The Center supports the development of a prevention infrastructure, primarily by facilitating the work of statewide prevention initiatives and campus-community coalitions. The Center provides trainings, technical assistance, and publications to support these efforts. The Center also promotes innovative program development to improve student education, campus-based media campaigns (including social norms campaigns), early intervention, treatment, and recovery strategies, and enforcement.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems by: conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, prevention, and treatment; coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol-related issues; collaborating with international, national, state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies, and programs engaged in alcohol-related work; translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public. CollegeDrinkingPrevention.gov is NIAAA's specialized website on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students.

Join Together

http://jointogether.org

Join Together is a program of the Boston University School of Public Health. Since 1991 it has been a national leader in providing information, strategic planning assistance, and leadership development for community-based efforts to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment. Join Together helps community leaders understand and use the most current scientifically valid prevention and treatment approaches.

CADCA

http://cadca.org

CADCA is a membership organization of over 5,000 anti-drug coalitions, each working to make their community safe, healthy, and drug-free.

Ohio Resource Network for Safe and Drug Free Schools & Communities

http://www.ebasedprevention.org

The Ohio Resource Network for Safe and Drug Free Schools & Communities is funded by the State of Ohio, Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, and the Ohio Department of Education, in part through Federal Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act. ORN provides a clearinghouse of information and materials on alcohol and other drug abuse and violence prevention, as well as web-based resources, located at ebasedprevention.org.

Ohio Department of Public Safety; Ohio Investigative Unit

http://www.oiu.ohio.gov/oiu.asp

Keeping alcohol and cigarettes out of the hands of young Ohioans is a main focus of the Ohio Investigative Unit. Through its enforcement and educational efforts, agents have helped to reduce the problem of underage drinking. Agents also investigate food stamp fraud and gambling violations.

Ohio Department of Commerce; Division of Liquor Control

http://www.liquorcontrol.ohio.gov

The Division of Liquor Control is responsible for controlling the manufacture, distribution, and sale of all alcoholic beverages in Ohio. The Division is the state's sole purchaser and distributor of spirituous liquor (intoxicating liquor containing more than 21 percent alcohol by volume.) Spirituous liquor is sold through more than 425 private businesses, known as contract liquor agencies, which contract with the Division to serve as its sales agents. Revenues are used to help fund a variety of programs offered by various state agencies. Regulatory functions include the issuance of permits to the state's approximately 24,000 privately owned and operated manufacturers, distributors and retailers of alcoholic beverages. The Division also regulates industry compliance with the laws pertaining to the manufacture, importation, and distribution of beer, wine, and mixed beverages containing 21 percent or less alcohol by volume.

American College Health Association

www.acha.org

ACHA is dedicated to strengthening the efforts of college health professionals, institutes of higher education, and other key stakeholders working in college health to promote and maintain the health and well-being of the nation's post-secondary students. ACHA provides an array of programs and services that address the many health issues affecting this important group, including alcohol, tobacco, and drug use, nutrition, sexual health, violence, vaccine preventable diseases, and mental health.

The BACCHUS NetworkTM

http://www.bacchusgamma.org

The BACCHUS NetworkTM is a university and community based network focusing on comprehensive health and safety initiatives. It is the mission of this 501(C)(3) organization to actively promote student and young adult based, campus and community-wide leadership on healthy and safe lifestyle decisions concerning alcohol abuse, tobacco use, illegal drug use, unhealthy sexual practices and other high-risk behaviors.