Firstly, policy-based strategies involving regulations or changes in legislation surrounding alcohol consumption, and secondly community-based strategies that seek to empower and actively engage community-members in facilitating change (20, 21). Some of the most effective measures in reducing alcohol-related harm and consumption have come from ‘top-down’ regulatory methods, such as that in Cape York (15). Furthermore, taxing alcohol volumetrically (by alcohol content) is both effective and cost-effective; while providing indispensable funding for community-based strategies and programs that may have been created by subpopulations within various communities (20, 21). Moreover, policy reform is suggested to have positive social effects on the downstream impacts of alcohol misuse (21). However, research into the effects on socio-economically disadvantaged individuals and community involvement is paramount to preventing alcohol misuse and other negative …show more content…
In general, consumption levels are of low immediate risk to health and injury, however some individuals drink to levels that heightened these risks (1). The total global disease burden attributable to alcohol use is 4%; with costs of around $15.3 billion and with much higher rates of alcohol-attributable hospitalisation in 2005 than 1995 (2). In 2015, studies found that around 70% of young men and 61% of young women aged 18-24 years exceeded guidelines for single-occasion drinking (no more than 4 standard drinks on one occasion per year), with young adults more likely to exceed recommendations than other age groups