ALCOHOL POLICY INFORMATION SYSTEM

影响酒精消费和大麻消费的公共政策可以影响一系列健康和社会结果。关于各种酒精和大麻政策影响的科学研究能否取得进展，取决于这些政策的衡量指标是否到位。提供有关酒精和大麻的公共政策的可靠信息的倡议必须与这些政策的复杂性作斗争。法律、法规和判例涉及饮料和大麻生产、包装、运输、营销、税收、销售和消费的无数方面，以及药物滥用治疗和预防服务的融资和交付。

Public policies that affect alcohol consumption and cannabis consumption can influence a range of health and social outcomes. Advances in scientific research on the effects of various alcohol and cannabis policies depend on well-measured indicators of these policies. Initiatives to provide reliable information on public policies relating to alcohol and cannabis must contend with the complexity of these policies. Laws, regulations, and jurisprudence address myriad aspects of beverage and cannabis production, packaging, transportation, marketing, taxation, sales, and consumption, as well as the financing and delivery of substance abuse treatment and preventive services. The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS) web site (http://alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov) was created as an online resource to provide detailed information on a wide variety of alcohol-related policies in the United States at both state and federal levels as well as policy information regarding recreational use of cannabis. The information and resources available through the APIS are geared toward researchers and others interested in alcohol and other substance policy issues.