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- Each day, people drive drunk more than 300,000 times, but only about 2800 are arrested
- Drunk driving costs each adult in the united states over $500 per year.
- An average drunk driver has driven drunk over 80 times before first arrest.
- Over a quarter of 8th graders have tried alcohol.
- Almost half of all drivers who were killed in crashes and tested positive for drugs also had alcohol in their system. Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Illicit Drugs. 2014.
- Alcohol levels above the legal limit were found in 21% of such drivers.
- Drunk driving costs the united states $132 billion a year.
- MADD has helped save nearly 30,000 young lives through passage of the 21 minimum drinking age law.
- Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults reached all time-high in 2021
- Over 40% of all 10th graders drink alcohol.
- A standard drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits, which contain the same amount of alcohol.
- In 2017, 9 percent of all drivers involved in fatal crashes during the day were drunk, compared to 32 percent at night. In addition, almost twice as many alcohol-related traffic fatalities occurred during the weekends compared to weekdays.
- Over 1.1 million drivers were arrested in 2014 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.
- During weekday daytime, 12.1% of drivers tested positive for an illegal drug; 10.3% tested positive for prescription and OTC medications. During weekend nighttime, 15.2% of drivers tested positive for an illegal drug; 7.3% tested positive for prescription and OTC medications.
- The drug showing the greatest increase among drivers from 2007 to 2013/2014 was marijuana (THC). The percentage of THC-positive drivers increased from 8.6 percent in 2007 to 12.6 percent in 2013/2014, a proportional increase of 47 percent.
- 57% of fatally injured drivers had alcohol and/or other drugs in their system – 17% had both.
- Kids who start drinking young are seven times more likely to be in an alcohol-related crash.
- Every two minutes, a person is injured in a drunk driving crash.
- Every day in America, another 29 people die
- White House Releases 2022 National Drug Control Strategy that OutliFACT SHEET:
- Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2020 (ICPSR 38393)
- National Survey of Tribal Court Systems, 2014 (ICPSR 38409)
- Trends and Patterns in Firearm Violence, 1993–2018
- Shifting the Crime Reporting Paradigm – Lessons Learned from the FBI’s Transition to NIBRS
- Establishing New Methods for Estimating Crime in the U.S.—The Transition to Incident-Based Crime Reporting through NIBRS
- Analyzing Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
- Measuring Hate Crimes in the United States
- Exclusive: HUD unveils plan to help people with a criminal record find a place to live
- Updates from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on the National Crime Victimization Survey
- Study finds Utah has the 3rd smallest drug problem in the nation
- Criminal Justice Reform Is More than Fixing Sentencing
- Shifting the Crime Reporting Paradigm – Lessons Learned from the FBI’s Transition to NIBRS
- ‘When You Learn, You Don’t Return’: How Education in Prison Reduces Recidivism When I was sentenced to forty-five years in prison, I never thought I’d earn a college degree or be successful in any way. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
- Trends and Patterns in Firearm Violence, 1993–2018
- Resources for Coping with Holiday Stress During Coronavirus
- Evaluation of Utah’s .05 BAC Per Se Law NHTSA
- April is Second Chance Month
- From St. Patrick’s Day
- Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood
- Tennessee passes bill requiring drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a parent
- Driving Performance and Cannabis Users’ Perception of Safety – Review
- President Proclaims December as National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
- Highway Safety Advocates Call for More Traffic Safety Laws
- States Make 24/7 Sobriety Legislation a Top Priority in 2016
- Fewer people charged in Colorado with driving while high in 2015
- 8 Frightening DUI Facts For Halloween
- MADD and State Farm Survey Shows Teens Riding with Drinking Drivers
- Infographic: The Scary Truth About Halloween and Drinking
- Is Alcohol Coming to a Fast-Food Joint Near You?
- Back-to-School Season Most Dangerous Time for Binge Drinking
- Studies Find Multiple Uses for GPS Technology in Monitoring Offenders and Preventing Crime
- Where Do Repeat Drunk Drivers Live? There’s a Map for That
- Alcohol Problems on the Rise, Only 1 in 5 Adults Seek Help
- SCRAM CAM “How It Works” Video
- Four Things You Need to Know About the New Proposed Guidelines for Oral Fluid Drug Testing
- English Police Renew Calls to Lower Drink Driving Limit
- Results of NHTSA’s SCRAM CAM Recidivism Study
- AMP and SCRAM
- AMP and SCRAM
- Powdered Alcohol Raising Concerns About Underage Drinking and Drunk Driving
- Do Energy Drink Cocktails Make You More Likely to Drive Drunk?
- Rethinking Alcohol: Can Heavy Drinkers Learn To Cut Back?
- Study: Binge Drinking Affects Young Adults’ Immune Systems
- ALCOHOL IS A GATEWAY DRUG, NOT MARIJUANA ACCORDING TO THIS STUDY…
- Impaired Driving Remains a Top Priority for NTSB
- Marijuana Is Harmful: Debunking 7 Myths Arguing It’s Fine
- 6 Misconceptions Sober People Have About Addicts
- Painful creativity put to the wrong use. I think I’d be looking at the mail system if they can just mail a gun into prison for themselves!
- Dumbest Thing Ever Said to a Cop During DUI Stop
- Viral drinking game kills 5 people
