Tag: CDC

DUI and Sobriety Checkpoint Sign
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Flexible Sobriety Checkpoints Are A Low-Cost Tactic For Deterring DUIs

On a Saturday night last month, a sobriety checkpoint in Harrisburg, PA stopped 475 vehicles. But for all...

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Study Says Stricter State Alcohol Policies Mean Fewer DUI Deaths

Do deaths from alcohol-involved motor vehicle crashes decrease when states enact more restrictive alcohol policies? It’s a question...

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Problem Drinking on the Rise for Older Adults

Recent research is bringing to light a troubling trend in alcohol abuse: A spike in late-in-life, high-risk drinking....

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Super Bowl LII: Game Planning for a Sober Ride Home

On February 4, more than 66,200 people will converge on U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota to witness...

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Study: Binge Drinking Affects Young Adults’ Immune Systems

Think the worst thing you’ll get from a night of hard drinking is a hangover? Think again. New...

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CDC Reports 1 in 10 Adult Deaths Tied to Excessive Drinking

Courtesy of the CDC Intoxicated driving may be the most high-profile cause of alcohol-related deaths, but a new...

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Can an ‘Alcohol Barrier’ Stop Drunk Driving?

A Belgium-based safe driving organization has launched a campaign to promote an innovative—yet relatively simple—program for reducing drunk...

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Does Four Loko Promote Binge Drinking? FTC Orders Maker to Clean Up Alcohol Content Labeling

Phusion Projects, LLC, the makers of the malt beverage drink Four Loko, has been ordered by the FTC...

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Will Social Host Laws Help Quell Underage Drinking?

With a few situational exceptions, all states in the U.S. prohibit the furnishing of alcohol to minors.  Young...

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Top 12 of 2012: CDC Report on Binge Drinking, Relationship to Impaired Driving

As part of Impaired Driving Prevention Month, Sobering Up is taking a look back at the year’s Top...