Drunk Driving Statistics In 2011‚ the rate of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities per 100‚000 population was 3.2‚ representing a 65% decrease since 1982‚ when record keeping began‚ and 49% since the inception of The Century Council in 1991. What this translates into is‚ for every 100‚000 people in the US in 2011‚ slightly more than three people were killed in a drunk driving fatal crash‚ a rate that has been cut almost in half over the past two decades - down from a rate of 6.3 in 1991. Alcohol-impaired
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Drunk driving seems to be a growing problem in our country today. Drunk driving isn’t just against the law but it affects everyone that you are driving around. When you drive underneath the influence of alcohol or drugs you belligerently say you do not care about others or yourself. The people driving under the influence are not just drug addicts but everyday people who are not aware that the drugs they are taking have side effects that can impair your driving ability. Driving is a privilege and
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Drunk driving does not only affect the person but also their family‚ friends and community. Those who are trying to help them to become safer drivers and stop drinking are greatly affected by the person who is making bad choices. Those who drive drunk are greatly effected because they put themselves in danger. They put themselves in danger of death‚ injury or killing others while under the influence. If they injure someone or kill someone who is in the car with them it will affect their family and
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Ma’am you were speeding he says. Oh I didn’t realize I was the woman said. The officer asked her for her license and she replied‚ I would give it to you but I don’t have it. Why don’t you have it‚ he asked? Well‚ she says‚ I lost it 4 times for drunk driving. He then wanted to see her registration but she didn’t have that either. She says‚ ya see officer I stole this car and I killed and hacked up the owner. His body parts are in a plastic bag in the trunk
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Drunk for life Debbie Crowell worries that 7-month-old Sabrina may have fetal alcohol syndrome. Crowell‚ a recovering alcoholic‚ was forced into treatment after Sabrina’s birthday. Now seven months sober‚ she’s learning to be a good mom to her seven children. EDITOR’S NOTE: Tucsonan Debbie Crowell has graciously agreed to share her personal nightmare with Tucson Citizen readers. She hopes her story will prevent another child from being born under the influence of alcohol. Crowell is turning her
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A social issue (also called a social problem or a social situation) is an issue that relates to society’s perception of a person’s personal life. Different cultures have different perceptions and what may be "normal" behavior in one society may be a significant social issue in another society. Social issues are distinguished from economic issues. Some issues have both social and economic aspects‚ such as immigration. There are also issues that don’t fall into either category‚ such as wars. Thomas
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Brendon McNeil Social Issue Final Fall 2014 What makes something a social issue? Four individuals walk into a bar‚ a functionalist‚ neo-Marxist‚ an investigative journalist and a person of color and the topic of discussion is what makes something a social issue? A social issue encompasses issues that a small to representative group of people within a society disagree with or find undesirable. A social issue or a social illness‚ a topic or issue must both influence the society where that problem
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Social Issues here to Stay? Today’s society is extremely controversial. It’s almost as if everything can be debated and pulled in a different direction. Religion is an issue that we will always come back to. No matter how different we are‚ we all face the same social issues such as the role of women‚ abortion‚ homosexuality‚ marriage‚ getting a divorce‚ or even just staying single. However‚ depending on our religious stand‚ we face these adversities differently. Whether we are Jews; Muslims; Hindus
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Juvenile compensated dating and ways to tackle it It has recently arouse to the public’s attention that the issue of juvenile Enjo kōsai‚ in English means juvenile compensated dating‚ has been worsening in Hong Kong. According to the survey reports conducted by The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong (FPAHK) in 2011 and the Hong Kong Association of Sexuality Educators‚ Researchers and Therapists (HKASERT) in 2009‚ 23% of school girls accepted compensated dating behavior with almost 24% among
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AMAN‚ Ayumi Kyoko C. Our country today experiences a lot of social issues. Ever since‚ I have observed and witnessed the continuous growth of these issues through television‚ the internet and I have read some articles on the newspapers. The three issues I will cite‚ for me‚ are continuously growing and haven’t yet had the solution. Poverty may be the most common social issue in most countries. When I was a kid‚ I used to think of us as “poor” because of the experienced bankruptcy with our previous
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