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Getting Ready for April with Scholastic & Classroom Champions!
We're gearing up for April, Alcohol Responsibility Month, with the launch of our new educational materials with Scholastic! We're sending materials from our Ask, Listen, Learn program featuring our partner, Classroom Champions, to over 25,000 classrooms around the country to help ... Read More >
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DUI reform remains an elusive goal in Maryland
Last week, the Maryland House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Delegate Joseph Vallario, held a hearing to discuss House Bill 872. This bill, sponsored by Delegate Benjamin Kramer, requires that all convicted DUI offenders, including first-time offenders, install an ignition interlock. ... Read More >
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'Quick justice' for underage drinkers can have long-term implications
Many of us judges do not encounter underage drinking cases regularly, and when we do, the encounter is a brief one at best. Juvenile alcohol offenders (those under age 18), are often diverted from us because it is believed that ... Read More >
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3-step guide to handling your college kid & drinking when traveling abroad
To err is human and good parenting. For more than a decade, you have been teaching your now college-age son or daughter that drinking before the age of 21 is wrong and could lead to harmful and life-altering consequences — not ... Read More >
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National Roadside Survey results show drunk driving at lowest rate ever, drugged driving up significantly
Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the fifth National Roadside Survey (NRS) since 1973. The NRS is designed to estimate the prevalence of drinking and driving in the United States and as of 2007, was expanded to ... Read More >
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Erin Holmes: Assessing the Drunk Driver
Driving while texting. Driving while impaired. Leaving the scene of a crash. Criminal negligent manslaughter. When you hear these four charges, what type of offender do you envision? Would that picture change if you consider the following criminal history? Back ... Read More >
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Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility supports Kentucky ignition interlock bill
The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility (Responsibility.org) supports Kentucky House Bill 60, introduced by Representative Dennis Keene. If passed, HB 60 will require the use of ignition interlock devices (IIDs) for all convicted DUI offenders. Under the proposed legislation, individuals ... Read More >
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Dartmouth needs a student-led cultural shift, not a liquor ban
Ban hard liquor as a means of addressing the culture of over consumption on the Dartmouth campus? Ask any beer pong player what they think. Seems to me they'll shrug their shoulders, make a face, and get on with the ... Read More >
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Dr. Gilboa: Teens Can Do Hard Things
When there are enticements and pressures to drink seemingly everywhere they look, and alcohol is not so hard to obtain isn't it not only normal but likely that teens will drink? Shouldn't we face that reality, and focus our energies ... Read More >
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For students, by students: It takes LessThanUThink to keep #ResponsibleResolutions in 2015
The following guest blog was authored by Rachel Uniatowski, an APR student at the University of Alabama who is also a member of Capstone Agency, which is a student-run public relations firm. Rachel is also a member of LessThanUThink, a ... Read More >
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You're only 6, so why are we talking about champagne?
I picked up my 6-year-old son at school last week, and I asked him how his day was. His answer was a doozy: “Mom, Charlie’s parents let him drink champagne on New Year’s Eve!” This was not our first conversation ... Read More >
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NTSB Releases 2015 Most Wanted List of Safety Recommendations
Drunk and Drugged Driving Among Top Concerns Each year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) releases a “Most Wanted List,” a list of 10 safety concerns that warrant urgent attention and top priority status based on past accident investigations. The ... Read More >