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2013 BJA Grants Available for Drug Courts
The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is showing its continued support for drug courts by announcing...
Drunk Driving Deaths Fall as DWI Courts Surpass 600 Nationally
Courts Tout Success Stories During Impaired Driving Prevention Month in December As we prepare to ring in the...
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...
NTSB’s Newest Recommendations Overlook Alcohol-Dependent Drivers
On Tuesday the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a special investigation report on fatal wrong-way driving crashes...
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: Law Enforcement Sobering Centers
In February, the Mayor of Houston, along with police department officials, announced plans to fund the city’s first...
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...
A Year in Review: 2012’s Top 12 Newsmakers for Impaired Driving Prevention
In December of 1982, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation establishing “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”...
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...
Church vs. Jail for Underage Drunk Driver in Fatal Accident?
Oklahoma District Court Judge Mike Norman is using an unusual form of punishment for a convicted DUI offender...