Why Do Impaired Driving...

APOL, the Alcohol Policy Network in Canada, in its “Issues to Watch”, for February 2012 puts up for discussion the need in Canada, for stronger impaired driving policies, to curb the increasing toll on the roads. see article: The evidence of studies about substance impaired...

Drunk Driving Issues in...

Recent findings by a judge, in British Columbia, that parts of its new, tough anti drunk driving laws are unconstitutional has put the cat among the pigeons again - igniting further controversy about our rights and entitlements according to laws made with regard to stopping drunk driving...

Alcohol Ignition Interl...

One of the latest initiatives, in the war against drunk driving on the road is for vehicles to be fitted with alcohol ignition interlocks, that use a breathalyzer to decide whether or not a driver is too drunk to drive, that can disable the ignition system of a car so that it will not...

Submit your Drinking an...

Considering the number of alcohol related traffic deaths each year, it is certain there are many stories to tell about drinking and driving. There are stories from survivors, loved ones, and even former alcoholics that need to be told. People need to hear (or read) these stories to know...

How to say NO to Alcoho...

Saying no to alcohol drinking, in Canada, can be harder than you think if you suddenly decide for one reason or another to reduce your alcohol drinking. Valid reasons why a person who usually drinks alcohol might want to abstain include important work/social commitments – that...

Alcohol Blackout –...

An alcohol blackout is not the same thing as passing out from alcohol drinking. When a person passes out from alcohol drinking they will become unconscious, comatose, sometimes at risk of death due to continued absorption of alcohol into the blood after the drinker has passed out, perhaps...

Alcohol Drinking Games...

People through the ages have played alcohol drinking games. In modern times, alcohol drinking games are played predominantly by young people. Concerns are being increasingly expressed, due to campus alcohol deaths, about binge drinking behavior among adolescents, and by tertiary students...

Alcohol Symptoms –...

Alcohol is a drug, but widely used and enjoyed. There is much debate about whether drinking alone is a sign of alcoholism. Drinking alone is often quoted as being one of the definitive signs of a person being an alcoholic. Drinking alcohol has been linked to depression. Depression could...

The High Functioning Al...

Author Sarah Allen Benton in 2009 wrote a compelling and informative book Understanding the High Functioning Alcoholic, a book that details the life experience of people who appear to the world to be highly successful, competent and in control – who have a dependence on alcohol. see...

Alcohol and Sleep Depr...

The effects of sleep deprivation on activities such as driving are said to be as bad as for alcohol drinking. see article: Alcohol drinking can itself lead to poor sleeping patterns, lack of quality sleep, and overall sleep deprivation Although drinking alcohol often enables people to...