Drunk Driving
Oct
07
2011
To learn more about this user-friendly tool that holds great potential for reducing recidivism by more effectively screening for co-occurring addictions and improving diagnosis, read the CARS...
Oct
04
2011
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen talks about stopping underage drinking, the role that parents play in kids' decisions not to drink, and The Century Council's work in fighting drunk driving...
Oct
04
2011
Yul Edwards, Chief of Staff to Representative Danny K. Davis, talks about the things that fuel his passion, what he hopes to see, who inspires him, and what his parents taught him. Yul was selected...
Sep
30
2011
Women have less fluid in their bodies than men of the same weight, so there's less water to dilute the alcohol. So with the same amount of alcohol, women will generally feel and experience the...
Sep
30
2011
According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the federal government's official nutrition policy defines a standard drink of alcohol as 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits, 12 ounces of...
Sep
30
2011
The rate of alcohol-impaired (or alcohol-related) fatalities per 100,000 population is the number of alcohol-impaired (or alcohol-related) fatalities for every 100,000 persons in the population being...
Sep
30
2011
Hardcore drunk drivers are those who drive with a high blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .15 or above or who do so repeatedly, as demonstrated by having more than one impaired driving arrest, and...
Sep
30
2011
BAC is measured in grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood. A BAC of .01 indicates .01 grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood. As of July 2004, all 50 states and the District of Columbia...
Sep
30
2011
Alcohol-involved fatalities are those where at least one driver, or motorcycle operator, has a positive BAC of .01 or higher. In producing national and state alcohol-involved statistics, NHTSA...
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