Tag: continuous alcohol monitoring
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: 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...
Slipping Through the Cracks: Fox News Op/Ed Hits on Mental Health, Crime
Earlier today, Fox News Medical Team member Dr. Keith Ablow published an op/ed piece on Foxnews.com addressing the issue...
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...
National Groups Formalize Support for Transdermal and Continuous Alcohol Monitoring
Cost savings, risk reduction, and behavior change are three of the key benefits at the core of a...
Sober Days: A game changer for treatment, criminal justice
Last June, I had the opportunity to present to a group of researchers with the National Institute of...
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...
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...
NHTSA Releases Report on Transdermal Alcohol Monitors for DUI Offenders
Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a new report, Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring: Case Studies, which...