State battles drunken driving.(Briefly Noted)

From: Drug Detection Report | Date: December 15, 2005 | Copyright information

STATE BATTLES DRUNKEN DRIVING: A series of high-profile drunken driving cases has put New Mexico officials on alert that they need to take action against drunken driving, according to published reports. Recently an American Indian tribal chief was charged with drunken driving after a wreck; the chief business officer for the Albuquerque school system was accused of drunken driving (see story, p. 190); and a judge was forced to resign after intervening to release a friend arrested f...

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