Alcohol plays a significant role in the criminal justice system:

55% of all arrests

72% of stabbings

71% of accidental poisoning

69% of beatings with fist, feet, or blunt instrument

67% of sexual acts against children

64% of homicides (70% on the weekends when drinking is heaviest; alcohol is

used both by the offender and the victim)

56% of fights or assaults in the home

55% of shootings

53% of fire deaths

50% of fatal automobile accidents

45% of drownings

40% of snowmobile accidents

39% of sexual acts against women

36% of pedestrian accidents

30% of suicides

22% of home accidents

20% of narcotic deaths

20% of fatal aircraft accidents