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Handbook for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
This is a handbook for Medical practitioners and other health care workers that talks in detail about alcohol and other drug problems. It also explains how to identify a problem and suggests ways to cure it. Topics include: alcohol, tobacco, heroin, cannabis, cocaine, drugs in pregnancy, and overdoses.

Alcohol and Tolerance
A description on how tolerance may encourage alcohol consumption, contributing to alcohol dependence and organ damage; affect the performance of tasks, such as driving, while under the influence of alcohol; contribute to the ineffectiveness or toxicity of other drugs and medications; and may contribute to the risk for alcoholism.

State BAC Levels
Here is a page that quickly shows what every states BAC (blood alcohol content) level is. It does this with an easy to read map of the United States that is color coded. This page also has a table that shows which states have a .08% BAC level and when it was first instated.

California's 0.08% BAC Limit and Administrative License Suspension Laws Working to Deter Drunk Driving Accidents
An article that is provided by the DMV of California, which summarizes a longer report on the lowering the legal BAC level. This article shows how between 1994, when the laws were passed, and 1997, when the study was completed, there was a dramatic drop in the amount of fatal and severe-injury accidents.

About Alcohol and The Body
Here is a good explanation on what effects the way alcohol is absorbed into our body and breath. It talks about factors that influencing alcohol absorption and metabolism such as gender and food. It also gives a brief history of testing for alcohol.

Alcohol's Properties
This article explains what alcohol is, how it is absorbed, and what it can do to the body. It shows the stages of alcohol intoxication and tells the differences between them.

Sober Living (52k - Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Here is a handbook for anyone that needs help finding general information on California's Alcohol and Drug free housing. There is advise on how to pick a sober living home and it gives phone numbers and address of places to obtain more information.

Alcohol and Highway Safety 2001
This report is a comprehensive review of the state of knowledge of alcohol-impaired driving. The review covers the entire spectrum of related research, from the nature of the societal problem created by alcohol-impaired driving on through the description and effects of programs that have addressed that problem. The review covers scientific literature published since 1990.

A Review of the Literature on the Effects of Low Doses of Alcohol on Driving-Related Skills
This is a study that examined skills performance of a representative sample of the driving population at BACs from 0.02% to 0.10%. It also examined whether variations in drivers' age, gender, or drinking practices interacted with BAC and resulted in variability in the impairment produced by alcohol. One hundred sixty- eight subjects were classified by four age groups, two genders, and three drinking practice categories.

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