DUI Charges Send Man to Prison for 30 Years

DUI Charges Send Man To Prison For 30 Years
Wendel Klotz, a 52-year-old Texas resident, was recently sentenced to a 70-year sentence for repeated drunk driving offenses. Furthermore, the sentence carries a 30-year non-parole term. Klotz has been caught driving under the influence eight times in the last 20 years. His last conviction was for the use of a deadly weapon, which was his truck with him drunk and driving. To date he has refused several offers of alcoholism treatment. County District Attorney John Bradley is relieved by the Judge's decision, "We keep getting encouraged and pushed to offer treatment before imprisonment, and Klotz is a perfect example of the county doing just that. But we had to abandon that philosophy before someone got hurt."

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Pub Lollipop Making Right Noises

Drinkers in Angus are to be given lollipops when they leave pubs in a bid to cut down on late night noise.
The idea, which has already been used as an effective silencing tool south of the border, is now coming to Montrose.
The Angus Drugs and Alcohol Action Team, which is behind the plan, said it believes that pub-goers will be less rowdy if they are sucking on sweets.

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Lollipop Painkiller Linked to Addiction, Overdose

When you think of a lollipop -- candy comes to mind. But Ted Banasiewicz thinks of relief for his excruciating cancer pain.
Ted's battled cancer for nine years and never leaves home without his own kind of lollipop -- a prescription painkiller version called actiq.
"Right now, I carry it with me wherever I go," he said.
The berry-flavored lozenge is fentanyl: 100-times more powerful than morphine. It is absorbed through the cheek and relieves pain in minutes.

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South Africa: Drug Addiction Can Be Prevented, Treated

Drug addiction is an illness that can be prevented and treated, says Deputy Minister of Social Development Jean Swanson-Jacobs, Tuesday.
She said early intervention was important and primary interventions were desperately needed.
"Prevention is intended to help parents, educators, community leaders and any other role players in the field of substance abuse," said Dr Swanson-Jacobs addressing the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking event, in Rustenburg.

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Unified Efforts Needed to Eradicate Addiction

Government, social organisations and the society should all work towards eliminating addiction from the society, said Dr Narendra Dabholkar, secretary of Satara-based Parivartan Vysan mukti Sanstha.
Speaking at a function held at the Sadhana Media Centre in Shaniwar Peth on Monday on the eve of International Drug and Drug Trafficking Prevention Day, Dabholkar said that at the moment it is alcohol that tops the list of addictives, followed by drugs. “It is a misconception that consuming alcohol and drugs in a controlled manner does not qualify as addiction. Few however know the detrimental effects that these have on one’s physical and mental health,” he said.

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India: Rise in Addicts Concerns Experts

PATNA: On the occasion of the "World Anti Drugs Day" on June 26, experts expressed their concern over the rising number of young drug addicts in the city in recent years. Until a few years ago, schoolchildren and adolescents using drugs was an uncommon sight. But now a substantial section of the drug addicts comprises of youngsters, said medical director of International Health Organisation, Dr Diwakar Tejaswi. Influence of movies and western culture are the factors which lure youths towards drugs. Moreover, nuclear family system and loneliness contributes to drug abuse among children, he added.

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New Vaccines Help Stop Drug Addiction?

Two new vaccines have been developed to relieve cocaine and methamphetamine addiction also minimize withdrawal symptoms, researchers say. The vaccines cause the body to produce antibodies which attack the drugs in the blood stream, preventing them from reaching the brain and therefore blocking the pleasurable effect of the drugs.

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Drunk Man Breaks Into AA Club

A 20-year-old Fond du Lac man told police he was “drunk” and being “stupid” when he broke into a building used for Alcoholics Anonymous meetings over the weekend.

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Drinking for Mother Earth With Organic Brewers Fest

Consuming organic foods is good for you, and good for the environment. Of course it is. Organics are completely free of pesticides and other harmful chemicals.
But could it be that drinking organic beer lessens your chance of getting a horrendous, throbbing hangover?

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Britain to Launch Anti-Drinking Campain

A new campaign aimed at creating a more positive attitude toward drinking in Britain is expected to save the government $27 billion in medical and other expenses.
Britain's broad acceptance of excessive drinking is thought to cause health, crime and disorder problems. The government believes the population widely accepts anti-social behavior and consistent drunkenness.

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Binge-Drinking Increases Risk of Violence

A study of more than 4,000 teenagers in 13 different schools in Britain found that binge drinking increased aggression, but also increased the chance of children becoming the victim of violence, even if they were not violent themselves. According to the Cardiff University study, children who reported drinking monthly were also three times more likely to be hit. Adolescents who drank but didn't get into fights were more likely to be hit than those who did fight.

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Why Not Lower the Drinking Age?

Why not drink at 18?
As a former college president, John McCardell knows all about binge drinking on campuses. What he wants to do about it might surprise you.

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New York Debates Banning Booze on Railroads

Report Shows Stats of Drinking Issues on Trains
Almost 1,000 Long Island and Metro-North railroad passengers last year were so drunk they needed medical attention. And about 300 people were ticketed for drinking alcohol and creating disturbances in trains or stations.That's according to The New York Times, which got the statistics from Metropolitan Transportation Authority police.

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Drinking by 8th-graders Sets Off Survey Alarms

Oregon eighth-graders are consuming more and more alcohol while their counterparts across the nation are drinking less and less.
The pattern apparently reflects the drinking habits of their parents -- adults in Oregon consume more alcohol than the national average and rank fourth nationally in alcohol-related deaths, according to a new study by the Oregon Department of Human Services.

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Lawnmower Driver Arrested for DUI - Ticketed for Not Mowing

Due to the failure to pass a field sobriety test, Robert Wendt was jailed for two nights in Illinois, Chicago. Wendt who had previous DUI convictions was pulled over by the police for driving his lawnmower on the wrong side of the road.
When interrogated, Wendt admits to have taken a couple of cans of beer before going for fuel. When stopped by the police, he had 6-pack which was yet to be opened. After his release, he received a ticket for not mowing the lawn.

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Arrested for Drinking and Riding

Two people police say were hoping to avoid drinking and driving chose instead to head home on horseback, and ended up under arrest anyway.

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Anheuser-Busch Brewing Drinking Water

It's still in a beer can, but Anheuser-Busch is stocking up on high quality drinking water to get ready for the hurricane season."The strategy is to have that water in locations prior to hurricanes so if needed people can get it right away," says Jacksonville Senior Plant Manager Syl Robinson.

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Weird Drinking Laws of the USA

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DUI: Former Policewoman Blows State Record Alcohol Level

Recently, a former policewoman who blew a state record alcohol level of .47 on a breath test was released from a Seattle jail for treatment while she faces drunken driving charges.
Deana Jarrett is now attending an alcoholism treatment center in Kirkland. She had been in jail since April pending two other separate drunken driving arrests in Redmond.
Jarrett is a former Seattle police officer. Part of her release conditions are that she wears an electronic monitoring device, not drive a car and not drink alcohol.

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Just Add Water - Student Invent Alcohol Powder

Dutch students have developed powdered alcohol which they say can be sold legally to minors.
The latest innovation in inebriation, called Booz2Go, is available in 20-gramme packets that cost 1-1.5 euros ($1.35-$2).
Top it up with water and you have a bubbly, lime-colored and -flavored drink with just 3 percent alcohol content.

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Call for Pub alcohol Warnings

Pubs should put up posters and restaurants include warnings in menus giving information about the number of units in alcoholic drinks, doctors say.
The government announced last month that alcohol labelling will come into force by the end of next year.

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Alcohol Branding Banned on Children's Sports Shirts

Alcohol branding on children's replica sports shirts is to end following an agreement within the drinks industry that it is unnecessary for logos to be advertised in this manner.

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Study: Liver Cancer Breakthrough Found

For the first time, doctors said Monday they have found a pill that improves survival for people with liver cancer, a notoriously hard to treat disease diagnosed in more than half a million people globally each year.
The results in a multinational study of 602 patients with advanced liver cancer are impressive and likely will change the way patients are treated, say cancer specialists, including the study authors.

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Bill W. & Dr. Bob Celebrates 100 Performances

Bill W. and Dr. Bob - a new play about Alcoholics Anonymous founders Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith - will celebrate its 100th performance Off-Broadway at New World Stages (Stage 2, 340 West 50th Street) on Friday, June 1st.

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For Sale: Original Draft Manuscript of AA

£600K FOR AA BOOK
THE original draft manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous from 1939 is set to fetch up to £605,000 at auction.
Featuring a multitude of revisions and additions by several founders of AA, the working copy is being sold in New York next month. The AA are an international organisation who have helped millions of alcoholics cope with their problems.

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Addiction Services for Veterans

A new program at the Bath VA Medical Center is addressing the unprecedented number of veterans with addictions.
Addiction officials say sixty seven thousand military men and women who've served in Iraq and Afghanistan now have substance abuse problems.

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DUI Suspect Charged With Bribery

A Belleair Beach man faces felony charges after two Brevard County Sheriff’s deputies say he offered them $500 to take sobriety tests for him. Mark L. Tearney, 39, is charged with two felony counts of bribery as well as a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge and a citation for speeding in an enhanced penalty zone on Interstate 95.

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Movie Review: Hurbert Selby Jr - It'll be Better Tomorrow

A good biography will make you regret never meeting the subject. A great biography will make you fall in love. This documentary about author Hubert Selby Jr. falls into the latter category. Cubby, as he called himself, was a warm man who transcended a great deal of pain to create beautiful and lasting art.

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