title: Recommendations on dram shop liability and overservice law enforcement initiatives to prevent excessive alcohol consumption and related harms.
abstract: The Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommends the use of dram shop liability laws, on the basis of strong evidence of effectiveness in preventing and reducing alcohol-related harms. The Task Force found insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of overservice law enforcement initiatives as a means to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and related harms, because too few studies were identified and findings were inconsistent.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000600:supply & distribution; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000517:prevention & control; D003132:Commerce / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D040261:Harm Reduction; D040361:Healthy People Programs; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D014481:United States