A new study shows theres a link in Syracuse between health problems and alcohol availability. The Syracuse Alcohol Environment Project mapped alcohol vendors and cases of violence, sexually transmitted diseases and drunk driving. The study found several neighborhoods have a high concentration of both these health indicators and alcohol sellers. The alcohol availability near schools was the most alarming part of the study to Onondaga County Health Commissioner Cynthia Morrow."There are many areas where alcohol vendors are concentrated within an eighth to a quarter of a mile from schools," she says.
Dr. Morrow also says she hopes the study's findings will be used to advocate policy change that will cap the number of alcohol vendors in high concentration areas. "Popular literature and the study support there is absolutely a link between these health problems and the availability of alcohol," she says.
The Syracuse Alcohol Environment Project was a collaboration between the Syracuse/Onondaga Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission and the Onondaga County Health Department.
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