Solution+Research

SOLUTIONS: 30 notes overall. (3 sources)

Rehab/Alcoholics Anonymous:

Branscum, Paul, and Manoj Sharma. "Is alcoholics anonymous effective?" //Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education// 54.3 (2010): 3+. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 9 Nov. 2011. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/AcademicJournalsDetailsPage/AcademicJournalsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Journals&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA245167162&mode=view&userGroupName=pl7053&jsid=fd95d6a79be8557d879e619a28205cb9


 * 1) Alcoholics Anonymous(AA) is a world wide organization that is a social support group for people with a desire to quit alcohol.
 * 2) The primary purpose of the organization is to help its members stay sober.
 * 3) Helps other alcoholics achieve sobriety.
 * 4) It is not affiliated with or allied with any religion, sect, denomination, political viewpoint, any other organization or institution.
 * 5) It does not support or oppose any cause.
 * 6) It does not have any membership dues or charges any money for its services. It is supported primarily by voluntary contributions of its members.

"Alcoholics Anonymous : INFORMATION ON A.A." //Alcoholics Anonymous ://. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. .
 * 1) Alcoholics Anonymous® is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
 * 2) The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.
 * 3) There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions.
 * 4) AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution.
 * 5) Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
 * 6) Ones who are in A.A. came because we finally gave up trying to control our drinking.
 * 7) They still hated to admit that they could never drink safely.
 * 8) Then heard from other A.A. members that they were sick.
 * 9) For meeting information, contact a local A.A. resource that provides this information.
 * 10) Outside of the U.S. and Canada, you may contact the international General Service Office or local A.A. office nearest you.
 * 11) Many local A.A. Web sites also provide meeting information. An internet search of “Alcoholics Anonymous” and the name of a town or region will almost always yields helpful results.

Current reenforced laws (bar tenders stop giving drinks after intoxication)

"Latest Approaches to Preventing Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism." //Alcohol Research & Health// Winter 2000: 42. //Student Resources in Context//. Web. 11 Nov. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA72884224&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w


 * 1) Enforcement of Impaired-Driving Laws is when drunk-driving laws can influence their effect on impaired driving.
 * 2) Drunk-driving arrests increased dramatically between 1978 and 1983 but have dropped since then (NHTSA 1998b).
 * 3) The general public may sense this drop in enforcement, because respondents in one survey believed that people who drink and drive are more likely to be in a crash than to be stopped by the police (Jones and Boyle 1996).
 * 4) Enforcement measures, such as sobriety checkpoints, cannot only enforce laws, but also deter drunk driving.
 * 5) For example, in a California study, the use of sobriety checkpoints reduced alcohol-related crashes regardless of the number of officers present or the number of locations used (Struster and Blowers 1995).
 * 6) In addition to sobriety checkpoints and arrests of drunk drivers, other legal approaches exist, such as sentencing options that include financial sanctions, publication of offenders' names in newspapers, victim restitution programs, and court-ordered visits to emergency rooms.
 * 7) The effectiveness of sentencing approaches remains to be determined.
 * 8) Several laws and policies have attempted to reduce alcohol-related driving deaths by controlling the availability of alcohol as a means of discouraging drinking, particularly among persons under 21.
 * 9) Taxes. Increases in beer taxes have consistently been linked with lower rates of alcohol-related traffic fatalities.
 * 10) One recent study found that for every 1 percent increase in the price of beer, traffic fatality rates could be expected to drop by nearly the same proportion, or 0.9 percent (Ruhm 1996).
 * 11) Higher beer taxes are linked most strongly with lower rates of traffic fatalities that occur at night or among those aged 18 through 20.
 * 12) Increases in alcoholic beverage prices may have little effect, however, on consumption by the heaviest drinkers.
 * 13) People who drive after heavy drinking and passengers who ride with heavily drinking drivers are less likely to wear safety belts.
 * 14) In fact, legally intoxicated drivers are about one-third less likely to wear seat belts than are other drivers.
 * 15) Although seat belt use dearly saves lives, laws requiring the use of safety belts have not had much impact on traffic injuries and fatalities.
 * 16) This is at least in part because the people most likely to be involved in traffic crashes, such as young males who drive after drinking, have been significantly less responsive to safety belt use laws.
 * 17) Efforts to combine safety belt laws and drunken driving law enforcement should be considered, particularly in "primary" safety belt law States where police can stop motorists simply because they are not wearing safety belts.
 * 18) Such strategies may hold promise both in reducing driving after drinking and increasing safety belt use.