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American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2005.069153

Government, Politics, and Law

Legalized Sunday Packaged Alcohol Sales and Alcohol-Related Traffic Crashes and Crash Fatalities in New Mexico

Garnett P. McMillan 1* Sandra Lapham 1

1 Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gmcmillan{at}bhrcs.org.


  Abstract

We determined the relative risk of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents and fatalities after New Mexico lifted its ban on Sunday packaged alcohol sales.

We extracted all alcohol-related crashes from New Mexico police reports for 3652 days between July 1, 1990, and June 30, 2000, and found a 29% increase in alcohol-related crashes and a 42% increase in alcohol-related crash fatalities on Sundays after the ban on Sunday packaged alcohol sales was lifted. There was an estimated excess of 543.1 alcohol-related crashes and 41.6 alcohol-related crash fatalities on Sundays after the ban was lifted.

Repealing the ban on Sunday packaged alcohol sales introduced a public health and safety hazard in New Mexico.

Key Words: Community Health, Government, Health Law, Health Policy, Alcohol, Substance Abuse






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