Most 'problem drinkers' don't get post-DWI help

20th Sep 2005, 12:45 GMT

UM report's conclusions may be basis for '06 legislation, some say More than half the people who are determined to be "problem drinkers" after a drunken-driving arrest in Maryland are not receiving alcohol-abuse treatment even though those programs are effective in cutting the number of subsequent offenses, according to University of Maryland researchers.