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An important part of the NCADD's Alcohol Awareness Month is Alcohol-Free Weekend (April 3 to April 5, 2015). This is designated to raise the public's awareness about the use of alcohol and how it may be affecting individuals, family, and the community. During this period of seventy-two hours, the NCADD would like all Americans whether they are young or old to not only participate in this alcohol-free weekend, but to take this time to contact alcoholism agencies to learn more about alcoholism and...

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In the recent Mothers Against Drunk Driving 2015 Report to the Nation that looked at each state’s drunk driving prevention efforts, Florida was given four out of five stars. MADD notes that while the state has been given a high rating, it still wants lawmakers to do even more to put an end to drunk driving. Specifically, the organization wants ignition interlocks to be required for all convicted drunk drivers.

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According to a 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 9.9 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs during the year prior to being surveyed. 

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The New Year is quickly approaching and many people are making party plans, considering New Year's resolutions and contemplating ways to lose all the weight they gained throughout the last year.  

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The United States National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has been studying traffic-related deaths involving drunk drivers during the Christmas and New Year's time period for the last ten years. In this time period, 40 percent of the traffic-related deaths are the result of drunk driving.  

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Before going to any party and partaking of alcoholic beverages, it is important to think about the question, How much is too much? Do you know how much drinking is too much for you?

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Motor vehicle accidents can occur for a variety of reasons ranging from a driver simply not paying attention to the roadway to a driver being intoxicated while operating the motor vehicle. Ft. Myers personal injury lawyer Randall Spivey has seen through the many clients that he's represented the horrible effects that a drunk driving accident can have on both the victims and their loved ones. 

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MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) reported that in the United States, in 2012, 10,233 died in drunk driving crashes, one every 51 minutes, and 290,000 were injured.  These are the statistics; here is one of the many stories of how driving drunk affected a family in the Miami area: At the Miami chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving Bree Ann Camacho shared her story of losing her younger, 13-year-old sister, Kaely in April 2012 when a drunk driver who was speeding slammed into her family's...

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Between Monday, August 4 and Sunday, August 10, 2014, just six days, seventeen people in Lee County were arrested for DUI (driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs) according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office .

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In Part One of the series "Preparing Your Child for College," Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A. looked at the issue of sexual assaults on college campuses and how to protect college students from this terrible national epidemic. In Part Two, your Fort Myers personal injury lawyers discuss the disturbing and increasingly common behavior of binge drinking and the terrible consequences it can lead to if not addressed.

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