Message from UW Health Leadership
Current Legislation
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- The highest rates of alcohol consumption, binge drinking and heavy drinking among all U.S. states and territories in 2006.
- The highest alcohol use in the country (49 percent) among high school students in 2007.
- Three times the national arrest rate for liquor law violations from 1997 to 2006.
- Statewide costs in 2007 for alcohol-related accidents and medical conditions of $935 million.
- Increased by 2 percent the number of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities from 2006-2007.
- Increase the beer tax to fund law enforcement and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment
- Reduce drunk driving
- Decrease underage drinking
- Prohibit health insurance companies from denying claims for accident victims who test positive for alcohol and other drugs
AWARE to Legislature: Good First Step on Drunk Driving
AWARE Supports Bill That Would End Kids Drinking in Bars with Parents
Underage Drinking Bill Gains Support (Wausau Daily Herald)
Alcohol Misuse and Crime: Crippling Criminal Justice (NPAMC video)
Wisconsin Sours on Lenient Drunken-Driving Laws (The Wall Street Journal)
Wausau Looks at the State of Drinking in Wisconsin
Legislators Re-introduce Beer Tax Proposal
Alcohol-abuse Initiative to Hold First Public Forum in Wausau (Wausau Daily Herald)
Tap the Beer Tax - Without a Backlash (Wisconsin State Journal)
AWARE: Wisconsin Voters Support Beer Tax Increase
States Serving Up Alcohol Taxes to Patch Budgets, Pay for Treatment (Join Together)
Coalition Unites for Tougher Drunk Driving Laws (The Capital Times)