REPORT: Blurred Vision (January 2006)

Document Date: January 9, 2006

This report challenges recent highly-publicized claims about RI's alcohol-related auto-accident fatality rate and the push for punitive drunk driving legislation. The report recommends treatment and other non-punitive measures to address the problem.

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RI ACLU Report Questions Calls for Punitive Drunk Driving Legislation

The Rhode Island ACLU today released a 35-page report that challenges recent highly-publicized claims about Rhode Island’s high alcohol fatality accident rate and the accompanying push for punitive drunk driving legislation at the State House this year. The report was released at a news conference today at which the ACLU was joined by the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Association of Rhode Island (DATA) in echoing the report’s findings and calling for an emphasis on treatment and other non-punitive measures to address the problem.