Ethics board clears officer; Affidavits alleged wrongdoing.
Byline: Ellie Oleson OXFORD - The state Ethics Commission has found "no indication of any violation" by an Oxford police officer who was under investigation by the commission because of a complaint filed against him in December. The complaint against Police Sgt. Anthony P. Saad...

Summer fun, alcohol can be disastrous combination.
Byline: STRAIGHT STUFF By Jerry Gjesvold For The Register-Guard Oregon is rightfully known as a great place for outdoor activities - and it's never better than in the summer. Whether it's for a long weekend or their annual vacation, Oregonians head outside for fun and relaxation. ...

BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard Knifing results in charge of attempted murder A Eugene man faces an attempted murder charge in connection with the slashing of another man's face with a knife at a downtown bar on Monday night. Patrick Thomas Thornhill, 33, was arraigned...

Brief alcohol intervention in the emergency department: moderators of effectiveness *.
IN THE UNITED STATES, there are more than 100 million emergency-department (ED) visits each year (Burt et al., 2007), with injuries making up 37% of ED visits (McCaig and Burt, 2003). Numerous studies have found a relationship between alcohol use and injury (Cherpitel, 1988a, b, 1989, 1993b, 1999; Hingson...

Early-onset alcohol-use behaviors and subsequent alcohol-related driving risks in young women: a twin study *.
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ARE one of the leading causes of mortality among youth, and driving while intoxicated remains one of the principal factors associated with accident risk, with estimates suggesting that as many as 40% of all motor vehicle accident fatalities can be attributed to the effects of alcohol-related...

Serious facts require serious charges: evolving methods to prosecute DWI offenders who kill.
WHEN AN INTOXICATED PERSON gets behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, there is always the potential for horrific results. The actual offense committed can range from a misdemeanor charge under a driving while intoxicated (DWI) statute where no one was seriously harmed to a felony charge for some...

REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Hudson driver arraigned in fatality NASHUA, N.H. - A 19-year-old Hudson, Mass., man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to aggravated driving while intoxicated, a charge that stems from an accident in which a friend, a former child television actor, was killed. ...

Ride in Style & Save Money This New Year's Eve.
Average Costs Associated With a DUI/DWI Conviction are 10 Times Higher Than the Average Cost of a Limousine Trip MARLTON, N.J., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- A typical Driving Under the Influence (DUI)/Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) conviction can cost upwards of $10,000 after paying bail, fines, legal fees,...

The Sacramento neighborhood alcohol prevention project: outcomes from a community prevention trial *.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM has been generated by recent efforts to reduce alcohol-related problems with the use of environmentally based strategies. Included among these strategies are efforts to alter serving policies at on-premise alcohol outlets; increased enforcement of laws regulating drinking and driving; enforcement of alcohol-service and sales-to-minors laws; regulation of...

Prohibition returns! Teetotaling do-gooders attack your right to drink.
ON A MAY NICHT IN 2005, Debra Bolton, a lawyer and single morn from the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Virginia, was leaving the Cafe Milano in Georgetown after socializing with some friends. She had driven her SUV only a few hundred yards before she was pulled over by D.C....