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The Missouri Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole has launched a new alcohol monitoring Pilot Program aimed at testing the impact of 24/7, continuous alcohol monitoring on the management of the state’s alcohol-fueled offenders with alcohol anklets. The pilot, which began in early March, targets offenders with a documented history of alcohol abuse and with offense histories that include multiple DWIs. The six month Pilot Program will run in seven probation and parole district offices located in St. Louis, Vernon, Jackson, Greene, Boone, Scott and Buchanan counties and will monitor a total of 70 offenders, each for 90 days. (Source: Medical News Today, 4/8/09)

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ECOSOC, THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COUNCIL, has informed about the key summary recommendations that came out of your valuable contributions to the e-discussion Phase 2 on emerging and future health challenges (January 12 to February 26). They are pleased to inform you that this will be put forward to the ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review process. This includes the preparation for the Secretary-General’s report, the AMR regional and national review processes, and the AMR held during the high-level segment of the annual session of ECOSOC. Recommendations are intended to help Member States strengthen their efforts to address the various global health challenges covered in the discussion. Please also be informed that the full contribution can be accessed at this AMR website, and the full summary of the e-discussion is available at the AMR summary page.
One of the recommendations: Develop and implement evidence-based alcohol policies to reduce population-wide alcohol consumption by building on successful measures, including taxation, limits on availability, and drunk-driving counter-measures. (Source: ECOSOC, 3/28/09)

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is „rethinking“ a proposal to extend drinking hours at the state’s two casinos in the wake of a college student’s death in an automobile accident that police attribute to drunken driving. Rell and Republican legislators had proposed extending drinking hours at the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos to 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But the death of Connecticut college student Elizabeth Durante, who was killed when the van she was riding in was hit head-on near the exit for the Mohegan Sun casino, has created doubt about the proposal. (Source: Join Together, 3/12/09) Comment: Why it is necessary that a college student has to die, before the Governor „rethinks“ such a proposal? Is it not enough that people die every day because of DWI?