Legislation & Public Policy
Blog articles on Sobering Up about drunk driving laws, penalties, legislation and public policy across the United States.
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...
Are Blood Tests for DUIs Reasonable? The Supreme Court Weighs In
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of Missouri vs. McNeely, which asks...
Top 12 of 2012: RAND Substantiates Impact of 24/7 Sobriety Programs on Impaired Driving
One of the most noteworthy newsmakers this year in the fight against Impaired Driving came out of South...
Top 12 of 2012: 1st Time Interlock Laws Reducing Recidivism, Changing Behavior
In March of this year, a study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety took a look...
Top 12 of 2012: MAP-21 Increases the Odds in the Fight Against Impaired Driving
As part of Impaired Driving Prevention Month, Sobering Up is taking a look back at the year’s Top...
Top 12 of 2012: High Court Hears Challenge to No Refusal Laws
As part of Impaired Driving Prevention Month, Sobering Up is taking a look back at the year’s Top...
Top 12 of 2012: U.K. Looks to U.S. as a Model for Impaired Driving Tactics
It has been estimated by the United Kingdom’s Home Office that “irresponsible” drinking costs taxpayers in the U.K....
Top 12 of 2012: North Carolina’s Laura’s Law Represents Paradigm Shift in State DUI Laws
In July of 2010, Laura Fortenbury, a 17-year-old Gaston County, North Carolina, teenager was killed in a head-on...
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...
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...