The Dual Participants: A High Risk Drinking Driver Target Group

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Multiple offender drinking driver program (MODDP) participants who are admitted to non-drinking driver alcohol treatment programs may constitute a high risk group of problem drinkers. There are little data that describe this “dual participant.” This paper presents findings from a study which identified 2,525 dual participants utilizing public sector alcohol treatment programs. The dual participant study population was highly representative of the 30,801 MODDP-only participants with regard to demographic characteristics. Over one-half of the dual participants had their initial admission into residential treatment programs which serve individuals who generally have serious and chronic alcohol-related problems. There is some evidence that dual participants are less successful in these programs than non-dual participants. Study findings strongly support the need for drinking driver programs to be aware of the high risk group of dual participants and for alcohol-related treatment programs to provide drinking and driving education to all dual participants who drive.

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