We proabably average 5 DUI arrests per week in Stevens Point - a city of about 22K.

Admitted drunken driving leads nation Wisconsin's culture of alcohol seen as factor

By RICK ROMELL [email protected] Posted: April 22, 2008

Wisconsinites drive under the influence of alcohol - or, at least, admit to it - at a higher rate than the residents of any other state, a newly released federal study shows.

More than 26% of Wisconsin adults 18 and older told government researchers in massive nationwide surveys that they had driven under the influence in the previous year.

Not only was that the highest percentage of any state, it was more than 70% above the national average, 15.1%.

The study is consistent with a host of data on drinking in Wisconsin, which is among the country's leaders in per-person consumption of alcohol and for years has had the country's lowest abstention rate.

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