Kathy Ediss, of Norco, CA, talks about a tragedy in her life that involved her teenage daughter in July 2005.
Author Archives: Doris Aiken
MTV’s The REAL World and Alcohol
If people want to get “Real” about pot and all other drugs that cause trauma and death to people of all ages, especially teens(The MTV World) they should know that a 5 year study of impaired drivers in upstate New York who killed themselves or others, showed only two who were impaired by pot, the rest by alcohol.
The many emerging teen suicide are connected with bingeing alcohol. There is no question that MTV is back in the Animal House era with heavy drinking a source of merrimentMTV needs to get into the real world and push the message that friends don’t let their friends get drunk. Smart people don’t watch MTV. It’s inane.
Leandra’s law
It looks like the most recent law that makes having kids under the age of 16 in a car driven by a drunk driver, a felony is working. Two such arrests and charges were delivered this week in NYS towns of Glen and Bethelem.
The other improvement was to mandate igntition interlock devices on second time offenders First timers usually get a plea to DWAI, not covered in the law. It won’t take effect until next Fall, but was signed by teh Governor.
Best wishes for all in the upcoming year and decade. Don’t forget to smile.
Doris
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods’ situation could be clarified if the blood alcohol tests done routinely at hospitals after personal injuries occur were not confidential.
On the other hand, basic evidence is rapidly disappearing, like blood alcohol or other drug impairment. However, if Tiger was alledgely racing away from an enraged wife holding a golf club, and he leaves the scene fearful in a big rush, crashes the car and the wife races after him with a raised golf club, smashing the rear window of his car; there is no case.
The law is specific about husband abuses from wives, so case closed.
Actually, since there is no current victim or person to blame and all serious evidence has now disappeared, why not move on to important, tragic cases.
RID Newsletter – Fall/Winter 2009
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RID Newsletter Volume 30 2 – President’s Letter Fall/Winter 2009
The “Beer Summit” Gift from Obama
President Obama’s White House “Beer Summit” headline was produced by the media, which earns a lot of money from beer advertising.
Tying an invitation to “have a beer” with Professor Gates and Officer Crowley offered by Obama(like offering a “come to tea” invitation to a woman) gave the media an opening to the beer industry for a whole new ad campaign or perhaps a new White House logo on future beer cans, a huge favor which I don’t think Obama intented.
Meanwhile, the health plan reform bill remains stalled by the Congress while we see multi-replays of the beer table service next to the children’s playground equipement in the White House Background.
Getting beer use burned into the minds of small children and their parents normalizes and encourages interest in beer drinking, even at the White House.
As an early beer ad claimed, ‘It’s doesn’t get any better than this.” That’s so true from the beer industry veiwpoint.