Happy Birthday! Montana’s 24/7 Sobriety Program Turns 1
Drinking and driving has been a chronic—and deadly—problem on Montana’s roadways for decades. In 2008, Forbes magazine reported...
College Binge Drinking: Is Drastic Alcohol Experimentation Widespread?
Last weekend, fraternity brothers at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville had to rush one of their members to the...
U.S. Supreme Court to Review No Refusal Laws, DUI Blood Tests
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Missouri case that challenges that state’s no refusal law,...
29 Million in U.S. Admit Driving Drunk in 2011
On Monday the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released results from the 2011 National Survey...
A Growing Concern: Female Drunk Drivers
The majority of people arrested for drunk driving and who are responsible for drunk driving fatalities and serious...
Mandatory Minimums: Judicial Discretion and Jail Overcrowding Top Issues for Canada’s New Federal Law
In the spring of 2012, the Omnibus budget legislation passed in the House of Commons, which included mandatory...
Researchers Using Transdermal Testing to Learn More About Drinking Behaviors
In June, researchers from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio and Wake Forest University...
Veterans Treatment Courts Get New Advocate
Last week the National Association of Drug Court Professionals announced the addition of former U.S. Marine Officer Kenneth...
Making a Difference: September is National Recovery Month
September is Recovery Month 2012, an event designed to bring attention to mental and substance use disorders, to...
Urban Outfitters Stirs the Pot With Pro-Booze T-Shirts for Teens
If you've ever shopped with a teenage girl at the mall—a task often resigned to moms but bless...