DOCUMENT RESUME ED 265 472 CG 018 796 TITLE Prevention of Alcohol Abuse in American Families. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. PUB DATE 2 May 85 NOTE 205p.; Some pages may be marginally reproducible due to small print. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Advertising; Alcohol Education; Alcoholic Beverages; *Alcoholism; Broadcast Industry; Drinking; Family (Sociological Unit); *Family Problems; Financial Support; Hearings; *Prevention; Taxes IDENTIFIERS Congress 99th ABSTRACT This document is the text of a Congressional hearing called to examine prevention of alcohol abuse in American families. In her opening statement, Representative Lindy Boggs states that alcohol abuse is related to many problems confronting families including divorce, violence, and behavioral emotional problems and that the purpose of this hearing is to focus on preventing alcohol abuse. Witnesses giving testimony include researchers; government administrators; representatives from advocacy groups, the alcohol industry, and the National Association of Broadcasters; counselors; and parents. Witnesses called for increased alcoholic beverage taxes, warning notices in alcohol advertising, and funding for various agencies. Prepared statements and materials submitted by witnesses and others comprise a large part of this document. These prepared materials include statements of social responsibility, public alcohol education program summaries and brochures, local government reports, newspaper clippings, and policy statements. 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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 48-629 0 WASHINGTON : 1985 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, us. Government Printing Office %Wigton, DC 20402 2 SELECT` COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES GEORGE MILLER, California, Chairman WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida DAN COATS, Indiana PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado HAMILTON FISH, JR , New York LINDY BOGGS, Louisiana THOMAS J. BLILEY, JR., Virginia MATTHEW F. McHUGH, New York FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia TED WEISS, New York DAN BURTON, Indiana BERYL ANTHONY, JR., Arkansas NANCY L JOHNSON, Connecticut BARBARA BOXER, California JOHN R. McKERNAN, JR , Maine SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada BRUCE A. MORRISON, Connecticut DAVID S. MONSON, Utah J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia ROBERT C. SMITH, New Hampshire GERRY SIKGRSKI, Minnesota ALAN WHEAT, Missouri MATTHEW G MARTINEZ, California LANE EVANS, Illinois COMMITTEE STAFF ALAN J SroNE, Staff Director and Counsel ANN ROSEWATER, Deputy Staff Director MARK SOUDER, Minority Staff Director 3 CONTENTS Page Hearing held in Washington, DC, May 2, 1985 * Statement of 1 Burcham, John B., Jr., chairman, Licensed Beverage Information Council, Washington, DC, accompanied by Paul Gavaghan, secretary-treasurer, Licensed Beverage Information Council 40 V Duvall, Hon. Howard E., mayor, Cheraw, SC 49 Hewlett, Augustus H., president, Alcohol Policy Council, Waterford, VA, representing the National Association of Broadcasters 36 Jacobson, Michael F., Ph.D., executive director, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC 30 Kaplan, Constance 59 Mosher, James F., associate director for policy studies, Prevention Re- search Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Berkeley, CA 7 Regnery, Alfred S., Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin- quency Prevention, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 11 Reid, Tim, actor, and board director, Entertainment Industries Council, McLean, VA 25 Rusche, Sue, columnist, King Features, and executive director, "Families in Action," Atlanta, GA 62 Sanders, Doreen, student assistance counselor, Westchester County De- partment of Mental Health, Westchester County, NY 56 Swift, Hon. Al, a Representative in Congress from the State of Washing- ton 29 Wenger, Sis, alcohol and drug education consultant, Southeast Michigan School District, Birmingham, MI 87 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc.: Boggs, Hon. Lindy, a Representative in Congress from the State of Loui-'- ana, and chairwoman of Task Force on Crisis Intervention, opening statement of.. 2 Burcham, John B., Jr., chairman, Licensed Beverage Information:on Council, Washington, DC: Letter to Congressman George Miller, dated May 20, 1985, enclosing answers to questions of Congresswoman Bow. 107 Letter to Congressman George Miller, dated June 4, 1985, enclosing a statement and brochure 118 Burton, Hon. Dan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indi- ana, prepared statement of 3 Coats, Hon. Dan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indiana, and ranking minority member, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, opening statement of 4 Duvall, Hon. Howard, mayor, town of Cheraw, SC: Letter to Congressman George Miller, dated May 22, 1985, enclosing answer to qrestion of Congresswoman Boggs 153 Prepared statement of 53 Irendiicks, Karen M., program associate, National Collaboration for Youth, Washington, DC, letter to Chairman George Miller, dated May 2, 1985, policy statement entitled, "Substance Abuse," dated November 1984. 183 Hewlett, Augustus H., president, Alcohol Policy Council, Waterford, VA: Letter to Congresswoman Lindy Boggs, dated May 24, 1985, enclosing response to question of Congresswoman Boggs with several addi- tional enclosures 103 Prepared statement of 38 Iv Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc.-Continued Jacobson, Michael F., Ph.D., executive director, Center for Science in the Page Public Interest, Washington, DC, prepared statement of 33 Kaplan Constance, prepared statement of $0 Lehman, Hon. William, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, chairman, Task Force on Prevention Strategies, opening state- ment of 6 Metz, Douglas W., executive vice president and general counsel, Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc., prepared statement of 105k Miller, Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, and chairman, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Latter to Hon. Howard E. Duvall, dated May 17, 1985, enclosing question of Congresswoman Boas 152 Letter to John Burcham, dated May 17, 1985, enclosing questions of Congresswoman Boggs 107 Letter to Sis Wenger, dated May 17, 1985, enclosing questions 198 Opening statement of 2 Mosher, James F., associate director for policy studies of the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, and secretary of the Council on Alcohol Policy of the National Associa- tion for Public Health Policy: Prepared statement of 9 Prevention Research Group, Medical Research Institute of San Fran- cisco, Berkeley, CA, the Model Alcoholic Beverage Retail Licensee Liability Act of 1985 (final draft) 175 Regnery, Alfred S., administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin- quency Prevention, prepared statement of 13 Reid, Tim, Entertainment Industries Council, Inc., prepared statement of 27 Rusche, Sue, author of a twice-weekly newspaper columnon drug and alcohol abuse, syndicated to some 100 newspapers by King Features Syndicate, and executive director, the Families in Action National Information Center, Atlanta, GA: "cohol, Teens and the Law," from Striking Back, dated Feb. 11, 1985, article entitled 77 "All Those Kids, Drunk and Stoned..." from Striking Back, dated Mar. 26, 1984, article entitled 74 "An Alternative to the SADD Contract," from Striking Back, dated Oct. 8, 1984, article entitled 83 "An American Tragedy? No. An American Crime," from Striking Back, dated Oct. 29, 1984, article entitled 75 "Finding Solutions to Youthful Drinking," from Striking Back, dated Feb. 20, 1984, article entitled 7:. "Liquor Store Owner's Plan for Minors," from Striking Back, dated Apr. 8, 1985, article entitled 82 Prepared statement of 65 "Responsible Drinkini. for Teenagers?" from Striking Back, dat,k1 Dec. 24, 1984, article entitled 80 "'Striking Back' against a U.S. epidemic," from Editor and Publish- er, dated Oct. 27, 1984, article entitled 85 "Teens and Alcohol Use," from Striking Back, dated Jan. 21, 1985, article entitled 76 "The Budweiser Spring Break '84," from Striking Beck, dated Apr. 30, 1984, article entitled 79 "When Minors Try To Buy Alcohol," from Striking Back, dated Apr. 1, 1985, article entitled 81 "Why Teach Teenagers