Transcript VULNERABLE POPULATIONS - National Alcohol Beverage Control

ALCOHOL REGULATION &
HIGH-RISK GROUPS
Frank LaMere ~ Rick Garza ~ John Maisch
NABCA LEGAL SYMPOSIUM
March 12, 2013
Who Are High-Risk Groups?
Homeless
Homeless
643,067 homeless on
a single night in January…
37% were homeless
as part of a family…
110,997 Americans are
chronically homeless…
HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment
Report
Homeless
1,128 Homeless
in Oklahoma City
$28.7 million
between April 1, 2009 and
March 31, 2010
#1 Common Factor
is Substance Abuse
OKC Planning Department
Cost of Homelessness
Floyd Crawford
450 arrests since 1989
Public Intoxication
or trespassing
200 days in jail between
September 12, 2009 and
March 31, 2010
$160,000 spent
on Mr. Crawford
in one year
Veterans
Veterans
18.5% of
service members
returning from
Afghanistan or
Iraq suffer from
Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder.
SAMHSA
Veterans
47%
of all
returning
soldiers
reported
binge
drinking.
Institute for Medicine
Native Americans
Native Americans
30.6% Binge
Drinking Rate
Among American
Indians (20% Higher
than National
Average)
National Survey on Drug
Use and Health, SAMHSA
Native Americans
17.5% of
American Indians
need treatment for
alcohol abuse
(compared to 9.3%
from other racial
or ethnic groups).
National Survey on Drug
Use and Health, SAMHSA
What Can Regulators Do to
Address Alcohol Abuse Among
These High-Risk Groups?