Many citizens, in the United States and the other worldly countries, struggle with alcohol dependency. In the United States, alcohol is the most frequently used and misused substance according to the Behavioral Health Barometer United Sates, Volume 5. This report was prepared for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, providing data and statistics regarding alcohol and drug abuse, as well as mental health issues that the general population of the United States incur. The data collected surveyed persons over the age of 12, including underage youth and young adults.
Alcohol has become a very wide-spread form of self-medication and is consumed in many social situations. However, this can quickly turn from a social event to a life-long dependency that impacts your behavioral and physical health. Among U.S. youth aged 12-17 in 2017, 5.3% (1.3 million) reported binge drinking in the past month. More and more youth are starting to experiment with alcohol at younger ages, as access to it becomes more easily available. Among young adults aged 18-25 in the U.S. in 2017, 36.9% (12.7 million) reported binge drinking in the past month. Of this 36.9%, 10% (3.4 million) had an alcohol use disorder in the past year. Surrounding the social stigma of drinking and socializing, more and more young adults increase their dependency on alcohol use. Lastly, among people aged 12 and older in the U.S. in 2017, 5.3% (14.5 million) had an alcohol use disorder in the past year.
As consuming alcohol increases, people give way to it controlling their lives. While intoxicated, they may be inclined to commit crimes, engage in physical violence, and disobey the law. As a result, they can be sentenced, having to await trial in jail or on bail, or potentially be placed on probation, as alcohol abuse is often considered a low-offense crime.
TRACKtech. LLC can provide solutions to several of these consequences. With the TRACKphone always being present on the program member (the offender on probation), supervisors are able to keep track of them through GPS location monitoring, frequently check-ins and hold remote meetings through biometric verification and video-conferencing. As well, they can provide resources regarding alcohol abuse and rehabilitative programs that help support the behavioral health of the program member. With all of these resources, it provides the program member more responsibility for their life and those that surround them, in the hopes of keeping them on their path to recovery and out the criminal justice system.