Bail isn’t a solution to overcrowded jails
Sunday, January 27th, 2013More accused criminals could be released on bail to alleviate overcrowding in provincial jails if a committee reviewing Manitoba’s jail capacity gets its way.
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Binge drinking isn’t the cure for academic or social success
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
May 24, 2011
One problem that we’ve devoted a lot of focus to recently is college binge drinking. It represents a significant public health and safety problem for our country. Not only does college binge drinking severely inhibit academic progress, as most recently linked to in this study, but it also contributes to the death and injury of many college students across the nation, every year.
It’s an intractable problem. There a culture of binge drinking on many college campuses, sustained by the false notion that college and alcohol are inextricably tied, and that one can’t have a social life without alcohol.
Of course, this simply isn’t true – and as our student campaigns demonstrated, student alcohol abuse often impairs a social life far more than it enables it. Check out the work that these student campaigns did – and decide for yourself.
This Isn’t the Wild West
Monday, May 26th, 2008Every day law enforcement work to do their jobs only to have a gun pulled on them. Not all of the time, but this time, an alleged drunk driver decided it was time to start shooting the messenger. Not good. Protect the roadways. Don’t drive drunk. Protect law enforcement trying to keep all of us safe. Don’t drive drunk and certainly, don’t shoot the messenger.
