Annotated bibliography

Caitlin Floyd English 102 Annotated Bibliography Draft 1 March 2, 2009 1. Economist; “Your Health!” (in small doses only). 03/11/2000, Vol. 354 Issue 8161, p37-37, 1/2p, This article explains an overview of how the bars in South Carolina choose to serve their drinks. The article mainly focuses on the selling of “mini-bottles” i n the bars of South Carolina, and if that is up to standards. The article states that back in the 1970’s they thought the “mini-bottles” law was the right action to take to take. However, since then the Hospitality Association of South Carolina have joined with Mothers against drunk driving and other associations to try and have the law changed by stating their point of view that the serving of “mini-bottles” is the biggest economic stake. South Carolina is the only state left with the “mini-bottle” law, and the article states there is a 50/50 chance that the law will be repealed. 2. Sullum, Jacob. “Soda Soldiers”. Reason. Aug/Sep2008, Vol. 40 Issue 4, p10-11. Sullum’s article focuses on the liquor laws regarding five states and how they have supported the law that would ban alcohol to military soldiers below the age of eighteen. The article shows an overview of different opinions if young adults, who are under the legal drinking age, should be able to drink a beer. Some state, that if a person is mature enough=2 0to operate a machine or weapon, they should be mature enough to consume alcohol. States like, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Wisconsin have projected bills to let military ages of 18 and older to be able to drink. Cindy Lightner from Mother’s against Drunk Driving however disagrees with the proposal, by stating “young soldiers are not adults” and it is wrong to assume that just because they have a gun they can handle alcohol. 3.Sarah F. Liebschutz. “The National Drinking- Age Law”. Publius. 1985-07. 39-51. Liebschutz provides an overview of the national drinking age in the United States being twenty-one, and the controversy that comes from it. The article is able to provide quotations from high- government officials stating their point of view on the issue of the drinking age being so high. Their asserted op inion is that the drinking law is so high so it will help the numbers of drunk driving be minimized. The article is able to provide different political and social views from regarding the drinking age. 4. Holder HD, Gruenewald PJ, Ponicki WR. “ Effect of community-based interventions on high-risk drinking and alcohol-related injuries”. JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2000-11-08. 2341-2347. This article discusses the context of the high risk of alcohol consumptions, how interventions are becoming more necessary. The article shows that the state of South Carolina conducted from the months of April to December moblized interventions on individuals to encourage the minium drinking age by limiting the access to selling the alcohol. The conclusion of the article is that by having community and state based interventions, it can help reduce the high risk or drinking. 5. Gurbe JW, “ Preventing sales of alochol to minors: Results from a community trail”. Addiction. June 1997, p 251-260. This paper covers results of how community-based approaches can help prevent the selling of underage drinking. Experiements were performed in three states, including South Carolina, to help seek results to see how many places infact to sell alochol to minors. The main purpose for the experiement was to stop or lessen the selling of alochol to minors. 6. Philip J. Cook and George Tauchen. “The Effect of Minimum Drinking Age Legislation on Youthful Auto Fatalities”. The Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan., 1984), pp. 169-190. This article explains how the beginning of the drinking laws in South Carolina started. The article states the district of Columbia in 1981, permitted the sales of beer to eighteen year olds, but did not permit the sale of liqour. However, over the years underage drinking got to the point that the laws needed to be changed, and they were change to all alcochol could not be sold to anyone under the age of twenty-one. It was just not the state of south carolina that changed this law, it ended up becoming statewide. This article was helpful because I was able to see the changes that the law was progressing to over the years, and I can see it helping me for my paper. 7. DeJong, William. “STRATEGIES TO REDUCE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL”. Annual Review of Public Health.Vol. 19: May 1998: 359-378. The purpose of this review is to show prevention of drinking and driving to minors. The reviews shows statstical data of minors who have died while in a car crash resulting to been drinking. The review also shows four primary step that the state of South Carolina is willing to do to help stop the deaths resulting to drinking and driving. Them being general detterance policies, alochol control policies, mass communication campigns, and having community traffic safety programs. Although this review is one that does not tie right in with my topic it helps show the steps that South Carolina is willing to undergo to help stop with drinking and driving. 8. Kenneth H. Beck, PhD, Jennifer R. Boyle, Bradley O. Boekeloo.” Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Alcohol Risk in a Clinic Population”. April 2003: 108-115. The objective of this article is stating the opinions of mothers against alochol misuse, and the monitoring that parents should be doing to ensure that their child is being safe. The article provides methods and results that come from involvment that parents participate in to ensure safety. The article explains the help with the reducement of alochol consuming under- age frequent monitoring for alochol risk behaviors, will help with not having the risk of underage drinking. The article is able to provide examples and motives to get people involved to help monitor under-age drinking.