Drunk driving has been a problem plaguing law enforcement for decades, and men were usually the culprits. However, the gap between women and men is closing when it comes to driving drunk. A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shown that more and more women are being arrested for driving under the influence, while the number of male drunk drivers has declined. What has...
A new study warns that the age at which a person takes his or her first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems.
Science Daily reports that a team of researchers, led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, studied 6,257 adult twins from Australia to learn whether twins who start drinking at an early age are...
Colorado’s "100 Days of Heat” campaign, law enforcement’s statewide crackdown on drunk driving, has contributed to a significant decrease in alcohol-related deaths this summer, according to preliminary data.
From Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, 36 people were killed in suspected alcohol-related crashes, compared with 71 during the same time period last year. None of this...
A new study has found that one in ten binge drinkers got behind the wheel the last time they drank heavily. Half of those drivers left from a bar, restaurant, or nightclub after having five or more drinks.
The study is being called the first to try to measure the likelihood someone will drive after binge drinking. It suggests a need for stepped-up efforts to prevent bars and restaurants from serving people after...
In the war on drugs and the subsequent war on underage drinking, educators, parents and policymakers are still trying to understand why alcohol continues to be a problem for minors. In order to reverse current trends, a deeper understanding of how young people drink, where they obtain their alcohol and where they drink the alcohol is important.
In a National Survey on Drug Use & Health report: Underage Alcohol...
