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American women are 4 times more likely to die from Addiction related
illness than they are from breast cancer?.
Brandeis University, 1993
Get Addiction FACTS
High Risk for Alcohol
Problems.
Family History &
Community
The development of alcohol use problems, including alcoholism, is
influenced by multiple genes (i.e., what we inherit), the environment
(i.e., where and how we live), and interactions between the two.
NIAAA
Alcohol Alert NO.48, 7/2000
Alcoholism can be treated and people do recover.
Alcoholism treatment programs use both
counseling and medications to help a person stop drinking. Most
alcoholics need help to recover from their disease. With support and
treatment, many people are able to stop drinking and rebuild their
lives.
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Family History of Alcoholism?
There are an estimated 26.8 million
children of alcoholics in the United States,
source: ACOA
American women are 4 times more
likely to die from Addiction related illness than they are from breast
cancer?
Brandeis University, 1993
Prison Women and Cycle of
Addiction
Approximately
516,200 women on probation (72% of the total), 44,700 women in local
jails (70% of the total), 49,200 women in State prisons (65% of the
total), and 5,400 women in Federal prisons (59% of the total) have minor
children.
Source:
Greenfield, Lawrence A., and Snell, Tracy L., US Department of Justice,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Women Offenders (Washington, DC: US
Department of Justice, December 1999), p. 7, Table 17.
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Alcohol Driving -DWI's Increase Care Insurance Costs
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DWI DRIVES UP INSURANCE RATES
In 2002, scientists at the Pacific Institute
for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), an internationally
renowned research institute, completed an in-depth analysis of the
costs of impaired driving to each state in the nation. It
comes as no surprise that impaired driving cost Louisiana citizens
$2.9 billion in 2000 alone. (NHTSA Contract DTNH22-98-D-35079,
Task Order 7)
The PIRE study found that the average
alcohol-related fatality in Louisiana costs $3.3 million: $1
in monetary costs and $2.3 in quality of life losses.
The estimated cost per injured survivor of an alcohol-related crash
averaged $94,000: $44,000 in monetary costs and $50,000 in
quality of life losses.
Alcohol-related crashes accounted for roughly
18% of Louisiana’s auto insurance payments, according to the PIRE
study. The study concluded that reducing alcohol-related
crashes by a mere 10% would save $60 million in claims payments and
loss adjustment expenses.
Information Provided by Louisiana MADD |
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