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Alcohol Outlets and Problems in Baltimore: Is there Environmental Support for High-Risk Drinking

This study analyzes the relationship between alcohol outlets and high-risk drinking in Baltimore, focusing on the Homewood Campus area. It explores potential environmental strategies to decrease the number of alcohol outlets and suggests the need for legislation to protect college students.

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Alcohol Outlets and Problems in Baltimore: Is there Environmental Support for High-Risk Drinking

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  1. Alcohol Outlets and Problems in Baltimore: Is there Environmental Support for High-Risk Drinking Debra Furr-Holden, PhD and Mieka Smart, MHS

  2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Parent Grant Funded by the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (PI, D Furr-Holden; 1-R01-AA015196)Additional funding provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Violence Prevention Center (PI, P Leaf; 1U49CE000728) Baltimore City data provided by The Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Information Technology And The Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City An extraordinary field data collection team!

  3. C. Debra Furr-Holden, PhDAssistant Professor and Director Drug Investigations, Violence & Environmental (DIVE) Studies Laboratory JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Mental Health 111 Market Place Baltimore, MD 21202 Suite 850 dholden@jhsph.edu www.divestudies.com

  4. Baltimore City has 277 ecologically defined neighborhoods; 242 are residential

  5. There are 1,277 licensed alcohol outlets in Baltimore City

  6. The Homewood Campus is just north of Central Baltimore City

  7. Put into Perspective….. • There are 97 alcohol outlets within the 1-mile buffer around the Homewood Campus • There are 41 alcohol outlets within the 1-mile buffer around the worse block in East Baltimore • There are 33 alcohol outlets within the 1-mile buffer around the worse block in West Baltimore • There are 25 alcohol outlets within the 1-mile buffer around Martin O’Malley’s former residence

  8. Information on the 97 Licensed Alcohol Outlets around the Homewood Campus • Among these 97 licensed alcohol outlets: • One-third (30) sell packaged goods exclusively • The other two-thirds (67) sell alcohol on premises • Two-thirds (64) sell alcohol 7 days per week • Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s 95 of the 97 outlets sell alcohol 7 days a week

  9. Calls for Service for ‘Intoxicated Person’ by Month in 2008 within 1-mile of the Homewood Campus

  10. Potential Environmental Strategies •  Decrease the number of alcohol outlets in the surrounding area • Quote from Scribner et al (2009) Given the limited number of modifiable factors that affect college drinking, on-premise outlet density represents a potential modifiable means of addressing the problem. • Article 2b of the Maryland State Law has provisions for the distance alcohol outlets can be from a church or a school, perhaps similar legislation is needed to protect college students. •  Enforcement

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