Changes in Alcohol Use and Drinking and Driving Outcomes From Before Arrest for Driving Under the Influence to After Interlock Removal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Voas ◽  
Anthony Scott Tippetts ◽  
Eduardo Romano ◽  
Thomas H. Nochajski ◽  
Amy R. Manning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Driving Under The Influence ◽  
Drinking And Driving ◽  
Driving Outcomes

scholarly journals Adolescents’ alcohol use and strength of policy relating to youth access, trading hours and driving under the influence: findings from Australia

Addiction ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 113 (6) ◽  
pp. 1030-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria White ◽  
Denise Azar ◽  
Agatha Faulkner ◽  
Kerri Coomber ◽  
Sarah Durkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Driving Under The Influence

scholarly journals Cultural Differences in Tweeting about Drinking Across the US

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Giorgi ◽  
David B. Yaden ◽  
Johannes C. Eichstaedt ◽  
Robert D. Ashford ◽  
Anneke E.K. Buffone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Drunk Driving ◽  
Driving Under The Influence ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Linguistic Markers ◽  
Community Project ◽  
The Us ◽  
Excessive Alcohol

Excessive alcohol use in the US contributes to over 88,000 deaths per year and costs over $250 billion annually. While previous studies have shown that excessive alcohol use can be detected from general patterns of social media engagement, we characterized how drinking-specific language varies across regions and cultures in the US. From a database of 38 billion public tweets, we selected those mentioning “drunk”, found the words and phrases distinctive of drinking posts, and then clustered these into topics and sets of semantically related words. We identified geolocated “drunk” tweets and correlated their language with the prevalence of self-reported excessive alcohol consumption (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; BRFSS). We then identified linguistic markers associated with excessive drinking in different regions and cultural communities as identified by the American Community Project. “Drunk” tweet frequency (of the 3.3 million geolocated “drunk” tweets) correlated with excessive alcohol consumption at both the county and state levels (r = 0.26 and 0.45, respectively, p < 0.01). Topic analyses revealed that excessive alcohol consumption was most correlated with references to drinking with friends (r = 0.20), family (r = 0.15), and driving under the influence (r = 0.14). Using the American Community Project classification, we found a number of cultural markers of drinking: religious communities had a high frequency of anti-drunk driving tweets, Hispanic centers discussed family members drinking, and college towns discussed sexual behavior. This study shows that Twitter can be used to explore the specific sociocultural contexts in which excessive alcohol use occurs within particular regions and communities. These findings can inform more targeted public health messaging and help to better understand cultural determinants of substance abuse.

Substance Use Disorders in the Elderly

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Burgard ◽  
Robert Kohn
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Driving Under The Influence

Substance use disorders in older adults remains lower than in younger adults; however, the prevalence is rising in the elderly population. In the United States, the lifetime prevalence of an alcohol use disorder among persons age 65 and older is 16.1%. Studies of Veteran’s Administration nursing home residents have found that 29% to 49% of those admitted have a lifetime diagnosis of alcohol use disorder. A sizable proportion of the elderly acknowledge driving under the influence. In 2013, 1.5% of the elderly had used illicit drugs. The number requiring treatment for substance abuse is expected to double by 2020. The populations with the fastest increase in opiate mortality are those age 55 and older, including those 65 and older. This chapter presents the epidemiology of substance use among older adults and discusses issues related to elders’ substance use, including use in nursing homes, impaired driving and arrests, use of non-prescription medications, screening for substance use, and treatment.

Media and Education Effect on Impaired Driving Associated With Alcohol Service

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 86-102
Author(s):  
Michael D. George ◽  
Ashley Bodiford ◽  
Caroline Humphries ◽  
Kristy A. Stoneburner ◽  
Harold D. Holder
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Driving Under The Influence ◽  
Media Campaign ◽  
Drinking And Driving ◽  
Component Community ◽  
Impaired Driving ◽  
Prevention Intervention ◽  
Community Prevention ◽  
Intensive Intervention

This study tested a three-component community prevention intervention with alcohol businesses to reduce alcohol overservice and to reduce drinking and driving crashes using a longitudinal design. The intervention involved a responsible beverage serving practices toolkit, a series of on-site visits from law enforcement, and a supporting media campaign. The effort achieved a reduction in the monthly percentage of drivers arrested for driving under the influence who cited the alcohol-licensed establishments as the place of last drink, and the number of establishments mentioned 2+ times as well as a decline in alcohol-involved crashes in the 12-month postintervention period. Results supported a conclusion that the intensive intervention media can achieve a reduction in the frequency with which drinking drivers utilized bars and restaurants and overall impaired driving-related crashes.

scholarly journals Highly reported prevalence of drinking and driving in Brazil: data from the first representative household study

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavio Pechansky ◽  
Raquel De Boni ◽  
Lísia Von Diemen ◽  
Daniela Bumaguin ◽  
Ilana Pinsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Driving Under The Influence ◽  
Preventive Strategies ◽  
Drinking And Driving ◽  
Driver's License ◽  
Representative Samples

OBJECTIVE: Brazil lacks information about driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) originated from representative samples obtained from the general population. METHOD: 333 subjects with a valid driver's license and drinking in the last 12 months were drawn from a multistaged sample of 2,346 adults from the first Brazilian Household Survey of Patterns of Alcohol Use. A multivariate analysis was conducted to understand the associations between risk factors and driving after drinking three or more drinks. RESULTS: the overall DUI prevalence reported in the sample was 34.7% - 42.5% among males and 9.2% among females. Being male (OR = 6.0, 95% CI 2.9-12.6), having a previous DUI accident (OR = 7.9, 95% CI 2.5-24.9), binging in the last year (OR = 2.2, 95% CI 1.03-4.5) and having an unfavorable opinion towards policies (OR = 2.9, 95% CI 1.4-6.2) remained associated with heavy drinking and driving after model adjustments. DISCUSSION: This was the first study evaluating driving under the influence of alcohol in a representative sample of the Brazilian population. The prevalence of DUI found is alarming, and possibly underestimated in the sample. Results demonstrate the need for more studies on this association and show directions towards preventive strategies for the specific high-risk group of male drivers with previous problems with alcohol and unfavorable opinions about prevention policies.

scholarly journals Legal, Social, and Occupational Problems in Persons with Alcohol Use Disorder: An Exploratory Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 025371762095646
Author(s):  
Barikar C Malathesh ◽  
Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar ◽  
Arun Kandasamy ◽  
Sydney Moirangthem ◽  
Suresh Bada Math ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Driving Under The Influence ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Absenteeism ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Tertiary Care Facility

Background: Very few studies have examined the extent and nature of legal, social, and occupational problems among persons who have SUDs. This study was aimed at studying the prevalence and patterns of the aforementioned problems among individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and their relationship with the quantity of alcohol consumed and other variables. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of adult patients with a diagnosis of AUDs admitted to the deaddiction unit of a tertiary care facility in India, using a semistructured questionnaire prepared for this study. Results: The mean age (SD) of the 91 subjects (95.6% males) was 40.3 years (8.5). Majority of them (92.3%) had started alcohol consumption before the age of 25 years. Common problems reported were work absenteeism (83.5%), a major altercation with spouse (69.3%), assaulting someone while intoxicated (53.8%), and driving under the influence of alcohol (59.3%). Significant association was found between being unemployed and having a police complaint lodged against them (chi-square = 5.7, P = 0.01). Quantity of alcohol consumed per day was significantly more among those who had a history of work absenteeism ( Z = 2.27, P = 0.01), major altercation with spouse ( Z = 2.25, P = 0.02) and assaulted someone under intoxication ( Z = 2.33, P = 0.02). Conclusion: The quantity of alcohol consumed is significantly more in those who had several legal, social, and occupational problems when compared to those who did not have, highlighting the need for routine assessment of the aforementioned problems among patients of AUDs. Treatment of AUDs should be multidisciplinary, with targeted interventions tailored to the aforementioned problems. Doing so will go a long way in reducing the harm to patients and the community at large.

scholarly journals Functioning of Alcohol Use Disorder Criteria Among Men and Women with Arrests for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 1985-1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivia V. McCutcheon ◽  
Arpana Agrawal ◽  
Andrew C. Heath ◽  
Howard J. Edenberg ◽  
Victor M. Hesselbrock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
Driving Under The Influence ◽  
Men And Women

scholarly journals Alcohol Ignition Interlocks: Magic Bullet or Poison Pill?

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory T. Neugebauer
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Driving Under The Influence ◽  
Magic Bullet ◽  
Drinking And Driving ◽  
Highway Traffic ◽  
National Highway Traffic Safety ◽  
National Highway ◽  
Poison Pill ◽  
As If

 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") recently published some sobering statistics on drinking and driving. [1] A person dies on America’s highways in an alcohol-related fatality every 33 minutes. A person is injured every 2 minutes. Approximately one third of all Americans will experience an alcohol-related crash at least once in their lives. A staggering 1.4 million people "one for every 132 licensed drivers" were arrested for driving under the influence in 1998 alone. As if this human toll is not alarming enough, alcohol-related crashes cost Americans over $100 billion annually.

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