Affecting How, When and Where Alcohol is Sold

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Examples of Institutional and Public Policies on
Alcohol
Public Policies affecting how alcohol is sold,
where it is consumed, price, social environment,
enforcement mechanisms and under-age access

• Affecting Enforcement Mechanisms
• Administrative Penalties
• Compulsory stings
• Restricting open house assemblies
• Affecting Underage Access
• Minimum drinking age
• Restricting social availability
• Keg registration
• Enhancement of drivers license
• Restricting sales of classes of alcohol

• Affecting How, When and Where Alcohol is Sold
• Limiting hours of sale
• Limiting days of sale
• Banning home deliveries
• Restrictions at community events
• Density of alcohol outlets
• Restricting location of alcohol outlets
• Restricting types of alcohol outlets
• Server training
• Server licensing
• Dram shop or server liability
• Creating nuisance related performance standards

• Affecting Where and When Alcohol is Consumed
• Parks, public spaces
• Cars open containers
• Stadiums
• Affecting the Price of Alcohol
• Excise taxes
• Restricting happy hour sales
• Affecting the Social Environment
• Mandatory warning signs
• Restrictions or bans on billboards
• Warning labels

Institutional Polices that can be implemented by
particular community sectors

• Alcohol Merchants
• Age identification
• Server training
• Warning posters
• Incentives for checking age identification
• Secret shopper program
• Warning fliers
• Restricting sales to those accompanied by
  individuals under age 21

• Other Business
• Media
• Ban alcohol advertisements
• Prioritize stories about alcohol issues
• Hotels/motels
• Restrict age of room renters
• Sport stadiums
• Ban alcohol advertisements
• Restrict sales and consumption to specific areas
• Limit sales to low-alcohol products
• Stop alcohol sales before end of event
• Prohibit individuals from brining in own alcohol

• Worksites
• Written policies to reduce access
• Restrict alcohol at work events
• Schools
• Ban alcohol on school property
• Ban alcohol at all school events
• Colleges/Universities
• Restrict sponsorship
• Prohibit beer kegs
• Alcohol-free dormitories
• Ban alcohol on campus

• Law Enforcement Agencies
• Walk through alcohol outlets
• Stings
• Prioritize enforcement against adults who
  illegally provide alcohol to youth

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Examples of Institutional and Public Policies on
Illicit Drugs
Public Policies affecting how illicit drugs and
related products sold, where it is consumed,
price, social environment, enforcement mechanisms
and under-age access

• Affecting How, When and Where Drugs and Drug
  Related Items are Sold and Consumed
• Curtail Neighborhood drug markets through
  Citizen Surveillance
• Creation of city adopted Crime Free Rental
  Housing Programs fostering drug-free apartment
  environments
• Rental Housing Inspection programs
• Neighborhood revitalization programs
• Drug free zones for youth
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
  strategies (CEPTED)
• Restrict smoke shops
• Restrict retail access to precursor chemicals

• Affecting Cost of Illicit Drugs and Drug Products
• Full cost recovery of expenses associated with
  cleaning up drug locations
• Law Enforcement
• Affecting the Social Environment
• Use of news stories on drug use and drug busts
• Use of hard hitting billboard counter-ads on
  impacts of drug use
• Restrict sales of drug paraphernalia and
  promotional items

• Affecting Enforcement Mechanisms
• Support for community policing
• Block watch programs in neighborhoods
• Multi-agency inspections of commercial and
  residential property
• Property maintenance ordinances
• Civil anti-drug remedies

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