Programs

Promotion events such as happy hours, drinking contests and “all you can drink” specials encourage over-consumption by reducing prices. Restricting these promotions can prevent tragic circumstances.

An administrative penalty is a legal mechanism that allows a local governing body to penalize alcohol license holders for failing to comply with state laws or local ordinances relating to sales of alcoholic beverages.

Law enforcement officers, who are often the first responders on the scene of an opioid overdose, can play a critical role in preventing overdose fatalities through the deployment of naloxone.

Responsible Beverage Service Training (RBST) is an approach to reducing alcohol related problems associated with retail alcohol sales (includes stores, bars, restaurants, casinos, fairs and festivals) by educating merchants and their employees about strategies to avoid illegally selling alcohol to underage youth or intoxicated patrons.

The Responsible Gambling Toolkit was developed to support three separate and distinct stakeholders which include: casinos, lottery vendors, and social and charitable gambling venues. Through a population-level approach, these toolkits highlight the importance of having a robust and effective responsible gambling strategy in place.

Periodic high-intensity and high-visibility enforcement efforts on a sustained basis, supported by coordinated media advocacy, are proven effective countermeasures for reducing impaired- driving fatalities. This strategy includes the following options: Saturation Patrols or Roving Patrols.

School-based, multi-component environmental strategies should use policies and practices to discourage substance misuse and gambling among students by reducing availability and normative pressures to misuse substances or participate.

Shoulder tap operations are a law enforcement strategy designed to hold adult providers of alcohol to youth accountable for their illegal behavior. Should tap operations focus on the adult who is providing alcohol to an underage youth.