Criminal justice alcohol program linked to decreased mortality
Deaths dropped by 4.2 percent community-wide over six years
A criminal justice program that requires offenders convicted of alcohol-related offenses to stop drinking and submit to frequent alcohol testing with swift, certain, and modest sanctions for a violation was linked to a significant reduction in county-level mortality rates in South Dakota. These results came from a study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Source: NIAAA News - Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news