Mission Statement Sober New Mexico is committed to effectively partnering with the criminal justice system and community agencies to promote and assist in the maintenance of a sober, responsible and accountable community. The goal of Sober New Mexico is to provide a cost-effective alternative to incarceration through monitored alcohol abstinence. Sober New Mexico provides each participant with structured guidance to remain alcohol free and personally accountable to the community. Sober New Mexico is an essential component in the comprehensive plan to reduce and eventually eliminate alcohol-related criminal activity. Device sends message Steve Sanchez has been arrested four times for driving drunk. He has been to jail, he has been
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About Sober NM
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Under Age Drinking In NM (The Facts)
Tragic health, social, and economic problems result from the use of alcohol by youth. Underage drinking is a causal factor in a host of serious problems, including homicide, suicide, traumatic injury, drowning, burns, violent and property crime, high risk sex, fetal alcohol syndrome, alcohol poisoning, and need for treatment for alcohol abuse and ependence. -- READ MORE
New Mexico State Profile
DEFINITIONS: Hardcore drunk drivers can be defined as those who drive with a high blood alcohol concentration of .15 or above, who do so repeatedly, as demonstrated by having more than one drunk driving arrest, and who are highly resistant to changing their behavior despite previous sanctions, treatment or education.-- READ MORE
Bureau of Justice Statistics:
Alcohol and Crime
On an average day in 1996, corrections authorities supervised an estimated 5.3 million convicted offenders. Nearly 2 million (36%) had been drinking alcohol when they committed their conviction offense. -- READ MORE
DWI Offenders under Correctional Supervision
In 1997 an estimated 513,200 offenders were on probation or in jail or prison for driving while intoxicated by alcohol (DWI): 454,500 on probation, 41,100 in jail, and 17,600 in State prison. DWI offenders accounted for nearly 14% of probationers, 7% of jail inmates, and 2% of State prisoners. -- READ MORE
