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  2. Will Cutting the BAC Limit to .05 Really Make Our Roads Safer?

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    In the 1980s and '90s, a push to lower the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for getting behind the wheel took the country by storm. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was formed in 1980 ...

  3. Digital media use and mental health - Wikipedia

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    The evidence, although of mainly low to moderate quality, shows a correlation between heavy screen time and a variety of health physical and mental health problems. [7] However, moderate use of digital media is also correlated with benefits for young people in terms of social integration, mental health, and overall well-being. [ 7 ]

  4. Drunk driving in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle with the operator's ability to do so impaired as a result of alcohol consumption, or with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit. [1] For drivers 21 years or older, driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher is illegal.

  5. Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

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    Blood alcohol content (BAC), also called blood alcohol concentration or blood alcohol level, is a measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes. [1] BAC is expressed as mass of alcohol per volume of blood. In US and many international publications, BAC levels are written as a percentage such as 0.08%, i.e. there is 0.8 ...

  6. Bipartisan effort reducing BAC limit to .05% could face ... - AOL

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    According to the National Institutes of Health, at least 91 countries have adopted the .05% BAC limit for driving, with 54 other nations using a standard ranging from .06% to .12%.

  7. Washington pushes to join Utah as second state to lower legal ...

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    According to the National Institute of Health, 91 countries have adopted this limit, with 54 other nations somewhere between .06 and 0.12. Utah lowered i Washington pushes to join Utah as second ...

  8. Short-term effects of alcohol consumption - Wikipedia

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    NHTSA reports that the following blood alcohol levels (BAC) in a driver will have the following predictable effects on his or her ability to drive safely: (1) A BAC of .02 will result in a "[d]ecline in visual functions (rapid tracking of a moving target), a decline in the ability to perform two tasks at the same time (divided attention)"; (2 ...

  9. Inside the origins of the NBA's own war on drugs - AOL

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    What does it mean to say the NBA had a drug problem in the 1970s and 1980s? ... director of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and Donald Newman, Health and Human Services ...