Drunk Driving DUI : Root-Cause

Why Driving With High BAC Is Wrong –

While Licensing of High-Alcohol Drinks Not?

Drunk Driving or Driving Under Influence (DUI) defined as having Blood Alcohol Count(BAC) over and above a given safe limit or levels. In the US having 0.08 BAC and above while driving is considered as a serious DUI offense whether it had caused accidents or not!

The BAC limit in driving and the DUI offense punishment over and above its limit, is mainly based on the alcohol epidemiological and particularly the drunk driving or DUI accidents research studies, which clearly points to the fact that people driving with the BAC above the given safe limit significantly increase their risk of getting into the accidents endangering their and the others life. The higher the drivers BAC the more the risk! On the other hand the comparative risk of the drivers getting into the accidents having the BAC levels below the given (0.08) level almost same as people driving with no BAC. Therefore it scientifically and legally cannot be considered as “dangerous” so an offense.

However when it comes to the licensing and marketing the high (around and above 4%) alcohol content drinks that causes almost all the alcohol(ism) problems including the drunk driving/accidents, the authorities seem to apply a very different set of logic or a double talk as they proclaim all “alcohol drinks irrespective of the levels of the alcohol content in them high or low potentially cause serious alcohol(ism) problems!”

The authorities above official position is quite contrary to the available alcohol epidemiological research surveys, which basically points to the fact that almost all the alcohol(ism) problems caused by the high-alcohol drinks having generally around and above 4% alcohol content. On the other hand there are no such evidence that the low alcohol drinks having the alcohol content preferably around and below 2% causing any such serious alcohol(ism) problems. Therefore the authorities above stand claiming all alcohol drinks potentially causing the alcohol(ism) problems is a blatant lie or a scientific fraud amounting to a serious misconduct on their part.

Apart from their claim that all (high or low) alcohol drinks potentially cause alcohol[ims] problems, another main reason why the authorities do not want to impose a safe limit on the alcohol drug content in the drinks, is that it will heavily slash-down the high profit of the alcohol industry, which mainly rely up on the high-alcohol (generally having around and above 4% alcohol content) drinks marketing to obtain their super high profit. Therefore its powerful industrial lobby would not allow the imposition of this safe alcohol content limits on the alcohol drinks to happen. They cleverly argue that, it is up to the people to drink it responsibly! Most people who drink alcohol do not fall into the alcohol(ism) problems* therefore if anyone finds it causing any problems then they should immediately stop the drinking of it thereafter!

(*Most people drunk [having above the 0.08 BAC] and drive also do not fall into any such accident problems, does it make drunk driving safe? Or do they have to get into the accidents to stop them from the drunk driving thereafter? Advising the people to consume high alcohol standard drinks responsibly so they do not fall into the alcohol(ism) problems is like telling the drunk drivers to drive responsibly so they do not fall into its accidents!)

However the authorities seem to conveniently forget that alcohol is a statutory drug. If its use causes any adverse harmful affect even in the minority of the people it’s licensing considered to be unlawful until the authorities make it certain that it is safe to drink! However in the case alcohol drink licensing and marketing all its safety precautions thrown out the window to appease the alcohol drink governing bosses. To enable the industry bosses to obtain their high profit and to collect huge alcohol tax revenues to the Government bosses and not to mention the large sums for the bosses working in the alcohol(ism) research (grants, consultant treatment fees etc) its prevention, treatment field.

The only people to loose in all this are the high-alcohol drink vulnerable, gullible people. As the result of their consumption of these high-alcohol drinks licensed and marketed under the banner of Standard Alcohol Drinks’ they inadvertently fall victims to serious alcohol(ism) problems including the drunk driving.

Finally let me conclude focusing on the title - “Why Driving With High BAC Is Wrong While Licensing of High-Alcohol Drinks Not?” - The drunk driving accident research studies basically points to the fact that the people driving having the BAC over and above a given limit (say 0.08 BAC) significantly increase their risk of getting into driving accidents. -Similarly the alcohol epidemiological research basically points to the fact that almost all alcohol(ism) problems including the drunk driving/accident caused by the high-alcohol drinks generally having around and above 4% alcohol content. Therefore licensing and marketing the drinks having above 4% alcohol content should be should be considered most dangerous like the drunk driving having above 0.08 BAC levels.

To know more on this subject matter read its most important principle documents posted in this blog site, its links in the following:

http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/alcohol-research-misconduct-cause-drunk.html

http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/low-alcohol-drinks-to-prevent-drunk.html

http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/safe-alcohol-drinks-licensing-policy.html

ttp://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/drunk-drivers-victims-of-alcohol.html

http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/four-main-question-answers-on-drunk.html

http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-driving-with-high-bac-is-wrong.html

http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/alcohol-bosses-real-culprits.html

http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/alcohol-drinking-is-it-matter-of-choice.html

http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-driving-with-high-bac-is-wrong.html

http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/standard-alcohol-drinks-stipulations.html

http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2009/01/alcohol-prohibition-rights-and-wrongs.html