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National
News CONGRESSIONAL
BAN ON ALCOHOL ADS
Congress calls on the National College Athletic Asso. (NCAA) to ban
all alcohol ads during radio and TV broadcasts of collegiate sports event.
Last Spring, HR 575 was introduced by Rep.Tom Osbourne (Neb), Frank Wolf
(VA) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA). Andrew Geiger, athlete director at
Ohio State said, “It is inconsistent to discourage underage drinking and
turn around and huckster the stuff on your broadcast of college sports.”
Source:
CA Council on Alcohol Problems, 6-04. ILCAP News 7-04 RID’s
position is that no alcohol ads should be allowed on college campuses, as
part of its SNAP (Sane National Alcohol Policy) petitions included in this
newsletter. Please copy and distribute to your church, beauty salon, card
club, service club and friends. Return to RID for distribution. “FRIENDS
PROJECT” A
RID project for 2005-6 legislative session is to move the “Friends”
exhibit produced by Prof. Frank Wolf, SUNY IT, and Denis Foley, PhD, Union
College to the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.
“Friends” takes you on an unforgettable journey with four
Colgate College students who all died
in a matter seconds due to an impaired driver. All
bills concerning binge drinking and campus advertising were held by the
Congress over the past two years. If
the Congressional legislators, along with the general public have the
opportunity to view this exhibit, there will be a groundswell of energy to
promote passage of bills now held without comment. |
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Good
News for Crime Victims The
U.S. Congress signed into law the most broadened victims’ rights bill
ever, on October 30th, 2004. It
establishes strong
enforcement mechanisms in Federal victim’s bill of rights. It authorized
funding to help implement the law including support of free legal clinics
for victims. Victims’
rights include the right to be reasonably protected, notified, present and
heard during court proceedings, to confer with the prosecutor, to
restitution and freedom from unreasonable delay in court proceedings, and
to be treated respectfully and fairly. Sens.
Jon Kyl (AZ) and Dianne Feinstein(CA) led the campaign for victims’
rights. The bill was adopted in the Senate 96 to 1. Source: NVCAP news release, (National Victims Constitutional Amendment Passage) 11-1-04 |
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Study
Looks at Stronger Laws for High BAC Offenders The
Preusser Research Group (PRG) completed a study for NHTSA to find out if
tougher sanctions are effective to deter recidivism for high BAC
offenders, if alcohol-related fatalities are reduced with tougher
sanctions, and if new laws burden State prosecution and adjudication. The
study looked at Minnesota as a test case. MN launched its “High BAC”
law in 1998, defining a high BAC as .20% or higher. License revocations,
and mandatory jail time were doubled as well as license plate impoundment
for BAC first-time offenders. The
enhanced punishments were effective in deterring recidivism.
Lower BAC offenders had lower recidivism than the .20% BAC or
higher drivers who came under the new law.
Recidivism rates were higher for those who refused a breath test.
Other States are considering the same improvements in the drunk
driving law as Minnesota found to be effective. Ed.Note: RID agrees that high BACs warrant tougher sanctions, but .20% is extremely high, and the entry level for a high BAC should be .16% or double the entry level for drunken driving. |
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