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Recommendations:
- Support state, tribal, local, and territorial implementation and enforcement of alcohol control policies.
- Create environments that empower young people not to drink or use other drugs.
- Identify alcohol and other drug abuse disorders early and provide brief intervention, referral and treatment.
- Reduce inappropriate access to and use of prescription drugs.
- Maintain and enforce the age 21 minimum legal drinking age (e.g., increasing the frequency of retailer compliance checks), limit alcohol outlet density, and prohibit the sale of alcohol to intoxicated persons.
- Require installation of ignition interlocks in the vehicles of those convicted of alcohol impaired driving.
- Implement or strengthen prescription drug monitoring programs.
- Facilitate controlled drug disposal programs, including policies allowing pharmacies to accept unwanted drugs.
- Implement strategies to prevent transmission of HIV, hepatitis and other infectious diseases associated with drug use.
- Implement policies that facilitate the provision of SBIRT or offer alcohol and substance abuse counseling through employee assistance programs.
- Include substance use disorder benefits in health coverage and encourage employees to use these services as needed.
- Implement training programs for owners, managers, and staff that build knowledge and skills related to responsible beverage service.
- Identify and screen patients for excessive drinking using SBIRT, implement provider reminder systems for SBIRT (e.g., electronic medical record clinical reminders) and evaluate the effectiveness of alternative methods for providing SBIRT (e.g., by phone or via the internet).
- Identify, track, and prevent inappropriate patterns of prescribing and use of prescription drugs and integrate prescription drug monitoring into electronic health record systems.
- Develop and adopt evidence-based guidelines for prescribing opioids in emergency departments, including restrictions on the use of long-acting or extended-release opioids for acute pain.
- Train prescribers on safe opioid prescription practices and institute accountability mechanisms to ensure compliance. For example, the use of long-acting opioids for acute pain or in opioid-naïve patients could be minimized.
- Adopt policies and programs to decrease the use of alcohol or other drugs on campuses.
- Implement programs for reducing drug abuse and excessive alcohol use (e.g., student assistance programs, parent networking, or peer-to-peer support groups).
- Support implementation and enforcement of alcohol and drug control policies.
- Educate youth and adults about the risks of drug abuse (including prescription misuse) and excessive drinking.
- Work with media outlets and retailers to reduce alcohol marketing to youth.
- Increase awareness on the proper storage and disposal of prescription medications.
- Avoid binge drinking, use of illicit drugs, or the misuse of prescription medications and, as needed, seek help from their clinician for substance abuse disorders.
- Safely store and properly dispose of prescription medications and not share prescription drugs with others.
- Avoid driving if drinking alcohol or after taking any drug (illicit, prescription, or over-the-counter) that can alter their ability to operate a motor vehicle.
- Refrain from supplying underage youth with alcohol and ensure that youth cannot access alcohol in their home. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/initiatives/prevention/strategy/preventing-drug-abuse-excessive-alcohol-use.html