Word: amodate
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Three researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that schools that fully implemented the “A Matter of Degree” (AMOD) approach prevented drunk driving more effectively than institutions that used traditional alcohol policies that focus on educating individuals...
...Henry Wechsler, principal investigator for the AMOD study and an HSPH lecturer, said that his long-running College Alcohol Study, which spawned AMOD, has not found any evidence that such programs are effective by themselves. Instead, Wechsler’s study showed that a combination of policies that limit access to and consumption of alcohol better curb binge drinking and drunk driving on campuses...
...policies used in AMOD include: training for bartenders to help them better identify patrons who have drunken too much and identify fake driver’s licenses, requiring registration for keg purchasers, upholding stringent drinking-age laws, banning alcohol-related items from student bookstores, and expanding substance-free dorms...
From 1997 to 2001, students at the ten AMOD schools reported driving less frequently after drinking any alcohol, or having five or more drinks, than their counterparts at other colleges, Wechsler and his colleagues wrote in the December issue of Traffic Injury Prevention...