David J. Hanson

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David Justin Hanson (born 1941) is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the State University of New York at Potsdam, NY, USA. He has researched the subject of alcohol and drinking for over 30 years, beginning with his PhD dissertation investigation, and has written widely on the subject.

1 About
2 Books by Hanson
3 References
4 External links
- 4.1 Hanson's webpages
- 4.2 Other

[edit] About

Hanson is often a critical and countervailing voice against many prevailing views on the effects of alcohol on the body. He contends, for example, that the benefits of moderate drinking outweigh the harms from abusive drinking. [1]. Hanson is a critic of many groups that advocate the reduction of alcohol use; he describes these groups as “neo-prohibitionist.”

Hanson criticizes what he calls the "temperance mentality" [2] of many groups and claims that "their tactic is to establish cultural rather than strictly legal prohibition by making alcohol beverages less socially acceptable and marginalizing those who drink, no matter how moderately." [3]

Hanson is a critic of the current 21-year-old age limit on drinking in the United States. He has sat on the Board of Advisors of the National Youth Rights Association since 1998.^[1]

[edit] Books by Hanson

Hanson, David J. Alcohol education : what we must do / David J. Hanson. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996. 154 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0-275-95561-3 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Hanson, David J. Preventing alcohol abuse : alcohol, culture, and control / David J. Hanson. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1995. xiv, 140 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0-275-94926-5 (alk. paper)