[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Dr. Humphreys is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and a former senior policy adviser in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. He has been an unpaid adviser to government officials interested in adopting 24/7 Sobriety

This is excerpted, as I assume is necessary. The whole article is important, if it pans out the way it looks.

The program it describes seems to work on a principle which also relates to criminal behavior and other addictions than alcohol, as well. Namely, that penalties don’t have to be draconian but they do have to be swift and sure. And I wonder if the signal benefits of having a father rather than just a single mom might not relate to the added swiftness and sureness - not severity - of discipline.

I was impressed by the article.

[IronJack]

If it’s this effective for drinkers, it might also work for druggies. Pass a piss test, you’re fine. Fail and jail.

[humblegunner]

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Ha ha ha ha no.

[Fiddlstix]

Interesting. Seems like a good plan.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

This would take care of the part of a DWI that has always troubled me. In telling someone not to drive you are effectively placing them under house arrest. And since this usually results in the loss of a job that gives them a great deal of time and an excuse to drink.

[tet68]

Reminds me of an Adams family
cartoon, a person driving down the highway
passing a sign that says “Drunk driving laws
strictly enforced’.

And hanging from each light pole was a drunk driver
in a human shaped cage.

[oh8eleven]

Every morning and evening, for an average of five months, they visit a police facility to take a breathalyzer test
People who get DWIs usually get what they deserve, but two visits a day for months on end does seem to be excessive.

[Feckless]

I do all of my drinking at home....

That's where all of the reasons are.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I’m not registering with the WSJ. Chamber of Commerce whore.

[Alberta's Child]

It's worth noting that the scene described in this article took place in South Dakota. That state probably ranks among the lowest in the U.S. in almost any social pathology, crime, etc.

I've said for a long time that a focus on drunk driving may not be a wise use of law-enforcement resources. I'd much prefer that governments address any problems with bad drivers, period -- regardless of what else is going on with them.

[1rudeboy]

Someone help me out here: is this thread about drunken drivers, or the WSJ itself?

[Farmer Dean]

It’s a great idea.Let’s set up testing stations in the halls of Congress.Show up drunk,get escorted out.

[pabianice]

Everyone needs to ride once in The Convincer, a device state registries bring around periodically to safety fairs.

[AFreeBird]

I appreciate the desire for this to work, but if these people are showing up, in the morning, according to a schedule, then what’s to stop them from stopping in, taking the test, and then hitting the bottle.

As long as they quit at the right time to get the BAC back to zero, I think this is wishful thinking.

[Organic Panic]

I would imagine it would not be too difficult for a smart phone app with breathalyzer to be linked to a parole officer that a person can blow in to each morning and night eliminating the need for a physical visit to the police station. Put it on a smart phone, have it film the blow, then link the results. Any cheating is severley punished but would be difficult with the modern technology that can live document the entire test would make it difficult. If one does not have a smart phone I hear Obamaphones are easy to get.

Any one takes the idea and makes millions just split it with me.

[Mariner]

Conceptually, it's the most fascinating approach to drunk driving developed since cars.

And it appears to work!

[deport]

Apparently other states are adopting the program.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=24/7+sobriety+program&start=20

[LonePalm]

If you take the alcohol out of the alcoholic you are left with the 'ic'. By the time people seek or are forced to deal with their drinking problem they have an awful lot of 'ic' to clean up.

The great benefit of AA and other programs is they give the recovering alcoholic a process to clean up the 'ic' in their life. Without this they are almost certain to drink again and be right back where they left off or worse.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[sten]

Over the past generation, we’ve made important progress against “driving under the influence,” but the numbers haven’t dropped much recently, and the problem still costs some 10,000 Americans their lives each year.

10,000? that it?

why do we care about 10,000 people a year when we're killing 1,200,000 every single year via abortion?

the logic just escapes me

[Daffynition]

I want in, to be the wholesaler of Drug Testing Kits.

Cha-ching.