ALCOHOL SUMMIT TO TAKE GLOBAL VIEW.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Looking to gain a world view on controlling alcohol abuse, Lancaster activist Ray Chavira will be attending what is being billed as the first global summit on alcohol policies. Chavira, a member of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Commission on Alcoholism alcoholism, disease characterized by impaired control over the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Alcoholism is a serious problem worldwide; in the United States the wide availability of alcoholic beverages makes alcohol the most accessible drug, and alcoholism is and co-founder of the High Desert Alcohol Policy Coalition, will attend the Global Alcohol Policy Advocacy Conference in Syracuse, N.Y. The conference, which features 100 U.S. and 100 foreign representatives, will begin Thursday and run through Saturday. ``We've never had a world conference,'' Chavira said. ``We can borrow from good practices elsewhere.'' Sponsored by the World Health Organization and a variety of alcohol policy organizations, the conference will look at such issues as underage drinking, the connection between alcohol and violence, alcohol marketing, health claims for alcohol use, alcohol production and distribution partnerships, and alcohol-related public health policies abroad. ``Representatives were selected from existing networks of alcohol policy activists in the U.S.,'' said David Jernigan of the Marin Institute, one of the event organizers. ``We chose people who were doing work in alcohol policy that would be of interest to other countries, people who understood the role of the alcohol industry, and people who expressed interest in international issues.'' Chavira, a Los Angeles County juvenile probation officer probation officer n. 1. An official usually attached to a juvenile court and charged with the care of juvenile delinquents. 2. An official charged with supervising convicts at large on suspended sentence or probation. , has been involved in alcohol policy issues on a local and national level. In July 1998, Chavira was one of the featured speakers at the National Council of La Raza The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is the largest Hispanic advocacy organization in the United States. The NCLR was founded in 1968 as a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing discrimination and poverty and to improving the lives and economic opportunities of in Philadelphia, addressing underage drinking among Latinos. One area Chavira said he hopes the conference will highlight is the need for alcohol-related research in countries outside the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Such research could help shape alcohol control policies. ``There needs to be more research abroad and if they can't afford it, we should pay for it,'' Chavira said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Ray Chavira, an L.A. County juvenile probation officer, hopes this week's conference will point up the need for more research on alcohol- related issues. Bettie Rencoret/Special to the Daily News |
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