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" and "Society guideline links: Alcoholic liver disease" and "Society guideline links: Toxic alcohol poisoning" and "Society guideline links: Treatment of acute poisoning caused by recreational drug or alcohol use" and "Society guideline links: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" and "Society guideline links: Substance misuse in pregnancy".)

International

●International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (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

●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)

●National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): A practitioner's guide for alcohol screening and brief intervention for youth (2019)

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

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Alcohol-related public health objectives and guidelines (2018)

Europe

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

United Kingdom

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

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on alcohol – Preventing harmful use in the community (2015)