Society guideline links: Alcohol consumption

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Alcohol use disorders and withdrawal".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Alcoholic liver disease".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Toxic alcohol poisoning".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Treatment of acute poisoning caused by recreational drug or alcohol use".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Substance misuse in pregnancy".)

International

●International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD): Minimum legal age limits (2022)

●IARD: Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limits (2019)

●IARD: Drinking guidelines – General population (2019)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on harm reduction – An approach to reducing risky health behaviours in adolescents (2008, reaffirmed 2018)

●Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addiction (CCSA): Guidelines for healthcare providers to promote low-risk drinking among patients (2013)

United States

●National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): The healthcare professional's core resource on alcohol

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee Opinion on at-risk drinking and alcohol dependence – Obstetric and gynecologic implications (2011, reaffirmed 2021)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Alcohol-related public health objectives and guidelines (2021)

●NIAAA: A practitioner's guide for alcohol screening and brief intervention for youth (revised 2021)

●US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Dietary guidelines for Americans – 2020-2025, 9th edition (2020)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on alcohol use by youth (2019)

●AAP: Technical report on alcohol use by youth (2019)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Recommendation statement on unhealthy alcohol use in adolescents and adults – Screening and behavioral counseling interventions (2018)

Europe

●World Health Organization (WHO): Alcohol consumption and sustainable development fact sheet (2020)

●WHO Regional Office for Europe: Alcohol consumption, harm, and policy response fact sheets for 30 European countries (2018)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on alcohol interventions in secondary and further education (2019)

●UK Chief Medical Officers (CMO): Low risk drinking guidelines (2016)

●NICE: Quality standard on alcohol – Preventing harmful use in the community (2015)

Australia–New Zealand

●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP): Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP) – A population health guide to behavioural risk factors in general practice, 2nd edition (2015)