I Don't Drink Why Should I Care?

  1. Just as the numbers said on the NHTSA report, 3 out of 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol -- related accident sometime in their lives. Do you think it could be you? Unless we make some changes it could be.

  2. Would you like to have more money instead of paying for other people's mistakes? Remember this country throws away over $250 Billion dollars a year because of problems caused by Alcohol Abuse.

  3. I think the number of innocent people killed by drunk driving, by being in the wrong place at the wrong time is close to 60%. In a lot of these accidents the drunk driver walks away to "drink and kill another day".

  4. I'm sure just about everybody knows somebody (friend or family member) that their lives had been effected in a negative way by alcohol. 

                                            Related Facts (Taken from Join Together Online)

  1. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 54% of people convicted of violent crimes in state prisons had used alcohol just before the offense.  Source: Flannagan TJ, Maguire K. (eds) Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - 1989. U.S. Dept of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, DC NCJ-124224, 1990.

  2.  Although declining as a cause of death, alcohol remains a factor in nearly 40 percent of violent crimes. Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1998 

  3. 27% to 36% of offenders convicted of rape/sexual assault were drinking at the time of the offence, according to surveys of probationers and local, state and federal prisoners. Source: 12, Greenfield L. Alcohol and Crime: An Analysis of National Data on the Prevalence of Alcohol Involvement in Crime, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of  Justice Programs, US Department of Justice. Report # NCJ-168632.

  4. Alcohol is present in more than one-half of all incidents of domestic violence. Source: Collins J, Messerschmidt P, Epidemiology of alcohol-related violence, Alcohol Health and Research World. 17(2): 93-100,1993.

    These are just a few of the reasons why I would want to get involved. Who do you think pays for all of these costs caused because of alcohol abuse? YOU DO! With your tax dollars, or you could be unlucky and be the victim of one of these crimes.

    We want to educate everybody so we can hopefully stop or greatly reduce these unnecessary expenses, and heartaches.   

 

 

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