• 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

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)

UW Health Leadership Calls for Alcohol AWAREness

Some See Big Problem in Wisconsin Drinking (New York Times)