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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...

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A Growing Concern: Female Drunk Drivers

The majority of people arrested for drunk driving and who are responsible for drunk driving fatalities and serious...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Boating This Holiday Weekend? Think Twice About BUIs

Reach your hand down into the cooler/ Don’t drink it if the mountains aren’t blue/ Try to keep...

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Can Breath Spray Send You to Jail?

Last month CNN ran a story from their affiliate, WSB, in Atlanta, about the Breathalyzer Equalizer. The product...

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NHTSA Report: 70% of drunk drivers in fatal accidents are twice the legal limit

According to 2010 alcohol-related traffic fatality data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than...

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The Costs of Drunk Driving: How to Save $37 Billion a Year

Take a look at this infographic from www.carinsurance.org on the costs of drunk driving.