Drunk & Impaired Driving

Blog articles on Sobering Up that address the drunk and impaired driving problems facing communities and courts across the United States.

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Dr. Beau Kilmer Talks About Why 24/7 Programs Reduce Recidivism

Dr. Beau Kilmer, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation's Drug Policy Research Center, talks about a peer-reviewed...

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RAND Attributes Drops in DUI, Domestic Violence in South Dakota to 24/7 Sobriety Project

Today The American Journal of Public Health published an article on a three-year study done by the RAND Corporation...

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NTSB’s 2013 Most Wanted List Includes Call for Technologies to Address Impaired Driving

Today the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the independent federal agency charged by Congress with investigating all transportation...

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Are Veterans Treatment Courts “Preferential?”

A recent Bloomberg news article took an in-depth look at the different experiences two combat veterans had with...

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NHTSA Reports Traffic Deaths Up for First Half of 2012

According to a recently released report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), traffic fatalities in the...

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Halloween Drinking Data May Scare You Sober, or at Least Keep You Home

Halloween is no longer a just-for-kids holiday. According to the National Retail Federation, over 170 million people in...

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New White Paper Presents Strategies for Courts When Dealing With Alcohol

Today AMS has published a new White Paper, The 5 Obstacles to Alcohol Monitoring, which looks at some...

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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...

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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,...

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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...