Alcohol Facts
Sobering details.
- Wyoming leads the country in DUI fatalities per capita. (Forbes & AOL Business)
- Underage alcohol use is more likely to kill young people than all illegal drugs combined. (Wyoming First Lady's Initiative)
- Alcohol is the #1 drug of choice for children and adolescents. (Wyoming First Lady's Initiative)
- Fetal alcohol syndrome is one of the most common causes of mental retardation and the only one that is 100% preventable. (American Pregnancy Association)
- People who begin drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence at some time in their lives compared with those who have their first drink at age 20 or older. (Wyoming First Lady's Initiative)
- By the time they have reached the eighth grade, nearly 50 percent of adolescents have had at least one drink, and over 20 percent report having been “drunk.” (Wyoming First Lady's Initiative)
- The new findings presented to the Governor’s Substance Abuse and Violent Crime Advisory Board, showed that alcohol is a factor in 62 percent of all arrests in Wyoming. (Jackson Hole Star Tribune)
- Of the 9,508 total arrests analyzed, almost 23 percent were for DUI. (Jackson Hole Star Tribune)
- Statewide, underage drinkers accounted for 11 percent of all DUI arrests. Those underage drivers had an average blood alcohol content of .134. The average BAC of underage drinkers arrested for minor in possession was .125. (Jackson Hole Star Tribune)