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Legalized Sunday packaged alcohol sales and alcohol-related traffic crashes and crash fatalities in New Mexico

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  • McMillan, G.P.
  • Lapham, S.
  • Steenberg, B.

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We determined the relative risk of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents and fatalities after New Mexico lifted its ban on Sunday packaged alcohol sales. We extracted all alcohol-related crashes from New Mexico police reports for 3652 days between July 1, 1990, and June 30, 2000, and found a 29% increase in alcohol-related crashes and a 42% increase in alcohol-related crash fatalities on Sundays after the ban on Sunday packaged alcohol sales was lifted. There was an estimated excess of 543.1 alcohol-related crashes and 41.6 alcohol-related crash fatalities on Sundays after the ban was lifted. Repealing the ban on Sunday packaged alcohol sales introduced a public health and safety hazard in New Mexico.

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  • McMillan, G.P. & Lapham, S. & Steenberg, B., 2006. "Legalized Sunday packaged alcohol sales and alcohol-related traffic crashes and crash fatalities in New Mexico," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 96(11), pages 1944-1948.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2005.069153_0
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.069153
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