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We design personalized treatment programs to provide each abuser with the greatest chance of a successful recovery outcome. Our comprehensive networking system works hand in hand with all of the drug treatment centers in Kansas. At Drug Rehab Kansas we know that each individual is unique and are treated as such. Deciding upon a treatment option in Kansas, or anywhere can be a daunting task for any individual or family, we will guide you through each step of a comprehensive treatment plan for you or your loved one. We are determined in our mission, that every drug and/or alcohol abuser in Kansas. that has a desire to change their life will be given a chance to recover from their addiction and we are dedicated to ensuring that they are given the opportunity to do so.
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Kansas 10th for deaths from DUIKansas is now ranked in the top 10 nationally, but in a category where it doesn't want to be -- alcohol-related traffic deaths.
A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists Kansas No. 10 among states for drinking-related deaths per mile driven. Five years ago, Kansas ranked 29th.
Kansas had the second-greatest increase in such fatalities in the five-year study period. Only South Carolina had a greater increase. Vermont had the biggest decrease.
The number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities rose in Kansas from 84 in 1998 to 131 in 2002. There were 94 alcohol-related fatalities in 1999, 80 in 2000, and 100 in 2001.
The new statistics are igniting debate over whether Kansas is doing enough to curb drunken driving. And the study is certain to be an issue in the upcoming session of the state Legislature, in which lawmakers will consider whether to allow Sunday sales of packaged alcohol.
The study appears to be an accurate reading of the situation on the state's roads, said Highway Patrol Lt. John Eichkorn, a spokesman for the patrol's highway safety programs.
"Do we continue to see a large number of impaired drivers on our roads? Yes we do," he said. "We take these numbers very seriously and they are disturbing. We've got a long way to go when it comes to removing the impaired driver from our state's roads."
The cause of the increase is elusive.
Part of it could be a side effect of war and the troubled economy, said Mary Ann Khoury, president of the DUI Victim Center of Kansas.
"Traditionally, historically, in times of economic struggles or war, the use of (intoxicating) substances increases," she said.
Eichkorn said the biggest problem "is with the repeat offender, people who are constantly back in the system."
"For that dependent person who, for whatever reason, can't stop drinking, it's very difficult for law enforcement," he said. "What we have to do is continue to be as vigilant as possible looking for and removing that impaired driver as quickly as possible."
A decision by the Legislature last year to empower law enforcement to immobilize or impound drunken drivers' vehicles may help, he said.
But even that is no guarantee that the driver will be taken off the road. "That is difficult to do because friends borrow cars and that kind of thing," Eichkorn said.
This holiday season, law enforcement departments nationwide hope to reduce alcohol-related accidents through "You Drink & Drive, You Lose," which uses beefed-up patrols and checkpoints. The campaign runs through Jan. 4.
"It's an effort we hope will draw attention to the problem," he said. "We've got to get the message to them to start planning ahead" by using a designated driver or a taxi service.
Deaths rise again
About one-fifth of the increase in Kansas alcohol traffic deaths came from Wichita.
Fourteen people died in the city in such crashes in 1998. In 2002, the number was 23.
Alcohol-related traffic deaths in Wichita fell to eight in 1999 and only three in 2000, then rose to 10 in 2001.
In the first nine months of this year, there have been only six alcohol- or drug-related fatal crashes in Wichita, compared with 18 for the same period last year.
Khoury, of the DUI Victim Center, said she thinks that reorganization of police traffic enforcement may have contributed to the problem in Wichita
The department disbanded its traffic unit and spread traffic enforcement among the city's four patrol substations. The idea is that the substations are better suited to handling neighborhood traffic issues.
But Khoury said that could have had an effect on DUI enforcement in Wichita.
"What happens then is you have to then train all these people, these people who don't do DUIs to do it," she said. "During that retraining period, people died. There's no doubt about it."
Capt. Darrell Haynes of the Wichita Police Department's Special Operations Bureau said it's more complicated than that.
DUI arrests rose from 379 in 1980 to peak at 3,107 in 1994. Since then, the number has steadily declined, to 2,130 in 2002.
The biggest factors have been the withdrawal of federal grants and the need to balance DUI efforts with enforcing all the other laws on the books, Haynes said.
In the peak years, Wichita fielded a 16-officer unit that focused solely on DUI crimes, Haynes said.
Now, "we don't have the kind of resources coming from the federal government that allow us to do that kind of enforcement," he said. "If you can direct those kinds of resources to a problem, there will be a higher number of arrests."
And, he said, "we're still at over 2,000 arrests a year (for DUI), which is still a significant amount, especially when you compare it to years past."
A House divided
The state's rise in alcohol-related fatality numbers is certain to provide ammunition in what is expected to be one of the biggest battles in the legislative session that starts in January: Sunday liquor sales.
The Legislature is faced with a revolt by at least 14 municipalities -- including Kansas City, Kan., Topeka and Lenexa -- that have seized on a loophole in state liquor law to opt out of the traditional ban on Sunday sales.
The Legislature will have to decide whether to revise the law or make Sunday sales a local option.
Until now, the fight has mainly been geographical.
On one side are Kansas City-area retailers and legislators who don't want to lose Sunday sales and accompanying tax revenue to Missouri.
On the other side are legislators from Wichita and other interior parts of the state that face less cross-border competition -- and liquor store owners, who would rather not have their stores open seven days a week.
But the new traffic death numbers inject a public health and safety concern, said Rep. Bill Mason, R-El Dorado, an opponent of Sunday sales.
He said increasing the days that alcoholic beverages are available for purchase will increase use, and with it, the DUI problem.
"That's one of the things we need to talk about -- and we will talk about it," Mason said.
Rep. David Huff, R-Lenexa, acknowledged that the top 10 in alcohol-related traffic deaths is "not a place to be."
But he said he doesn't think Sunday sales will affect consumption one way or the other in his part of the state. He said he has worked with Lenexa law enforcement since the city opted out of the Sunday sales ban and hasn't seen an increase in alcohol-related problems.
Mostly, people are just buying in Kansas rather than crossing over to Missouri, he said.
"I don't see that much more alcohol out there," he said.
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