David J. Hanson
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David Justin Hanson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the State University of New York at Potsdam, N.Y., U.S.A.. Hanson has researched the subject of alcohol and drinking for over 30 years, beginning with his Ph.D. dissertation investigation and has written widely on the subject.
Hanson is often a critical and countervailing voice against prevailing views on alcohol use and consumption. Hanson contends, for example, that that the benefits of moderate drinking outweigh the harms from abusive drinking. [link]. Hanson is a critic of many groups that advocate for the reduction of alcohol use, who he describes as “neo-prohibitionist.” Many of the groups criticized by Hanson do not advocate for an absolute ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages, as prohibitionists historically have, but rather advocate for laws that would place restraints on the sale and use of alcohol by drivers, minors and members of the public at large. These laws include so called “open container” laws, laws restricting driving under the influence of alcohol, and laws restricting the sale of alcohol and laws limiting advertising of alcoholic beverages.
Groups criticized by Hanson include:
- [Alcohol Policies Project] of the Center for Science in the Public Interest [(CSPI)]
- American Council on Alcohol Problems
- American Medical Association [(AMA)]
- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention [(CSAP)]
- Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse [(CASA)]
- Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth [(CAMY)]
- Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems [(CPAP)]
- Drug Abuse Resistance Education [(DARE)]
- Journal of the American Medical Association [(JAMA)]
- [Marin Institute]
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving [(MADD)])
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence [(NCADD)])
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [(NIAAA)])
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [(RWJF)])
He also criticizes the academic and author Dr. Henry Wechsler. See also [Dr. Wechsler's home page].
Hanson is a frequent contributor to Wikipedia under the nom de plume David Justin (see [Help desk/Archive 28] #133).
Hanson's web pages
- [Mothers Against Drunk Driving: A Crash Course in MADD]
- [Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse: A Center for Alcohol Statistics Abuse?]
- [Center for Science in the Public Interest: Not Scientific and Not in the Public Interest]
- [Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth: Its Objectives and Methods]
- [Alcohol: Problems and Solutions]
- [About David J. Hanson]
- [David J. Hanson Publications]
External links
- [Defying The Myth of Collegiate “Binge” Drinking] (VoiceAmerica broadcast)
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