People in Colorado state with an alcoholism problem need rehabs for their addiction. There is hope to find an alcohol treatment in one of the 371 rehabs available in Colorado and finally get their lives back.

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Colorado alcohol situation

Although there are still a lot of car accidents which causes fatalities in the state of Colorado, a very few of them have alcohol abuse as a factor. It is estimated that there are almost four hundred thousand people that are addicted to alcohol or at least have a drinking problem in Colorado.

Alcohol in Denver has been the number substance in hospital discharges since 2000. As per the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD) in the Human Services Department, 40% of the people surveyed reported using only alcohol, while 52% report using both drugs and alcohol at some point during their lifetime. 8% had never used any alcohol or drugs

DUI laws in Colorado

• Alcohol concentration should not be more than .08
• Zero tolerance is .01
• Driver's licence is suspended for 3 months for the first offense
• Driver's licence is suspended for 1 Year plus mandatory jail after the second offense
• Driver's licence is suspended for 1 Year plus mandatory jail after the third offense

The above offense penalties for dui in Colorado can be increased if there was child endangerment, injuries or death. It is possible that an ignition interlock system would be installed on the car.The penalties are increased if the blood alcohol content over .17, driving over a certain speed, having minors in the car, refusing to take a chemical test, having a traffic accident, or having prior convictions. Also someone can have mandatory alcohol education and/or addiction treatment.

Alcohol info

There is a dark side to all the partying and alcohol consuming to which a lot of people abandon themselves. One of the main problem with all the drinking that goes on is that people don’t necessarily when to stop. That sort of careless attitude that drinking brings about can lead to serious trouble. People can actually poison themselves with alcohol which can lead to death.

Time is the only thing that can can sober up a person...not black coffee, cold showers, exercise, or any other common "cures." Alcohol leaves the organism of virtually everyone at a constant rate of about .015 % of blood alcohol content (BAC) per hour. Thus, someone with a BAC of .015 would be completely sober in an hour while a person with a BAC of ten times that (.15) would require 10 hours to become sober. This is true regardless of weight, age, sex, and similar factors.

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^{References and sources:
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/dui/a/dui_co.htm
http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/adad/PDFs/adadreport2001facts.pdf
http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/AlcoholFactsandFiction.html}