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A Day For Prevention Bismarck, ND Rodney A. Wambeam, PhD April 11, 2018
A Day For Prevention Bismarck, ND
Rodney A. Wambeam, PhD
April 11, 2018
“A thorough text-book study of Scientific Temperance in public schools as a preventive against intemperance.”
- Mary Hunt
o Alcohol-related death rates decreased from 14.8 to 7.1 per 100,000 people
o Alcohol consumption rates dropped from 2.6 gallons to less than 1 gallon a year
o More wages flowed into savings accounts and spent on family necessities
Compliance Check Failure Rate
12th Grade Past Month Use
12th Grade Binge Drinking
2006
2006
2006
80%
33%
49%
2010 0%
2010 21%
2010 38%
Access to Marijuana
7.3%
5.7%
1999 to 2009
NCPC Schools South Comparison Schools
Past Month Marijuana Use
0.3%
4.8%
Adult Binge Drinking
2001-2005
2005-2009
23%
10%
1. They understood their local conditions and data
2. They worked collaboratively and comprehensively
3. They changed culture
“Different societies not only have different sets of beliefs and rules about drinking, but they also show very different outcomes when people do drink…”
- D.B. Heath, Sociocultural Variants in Alcoholism
