How Alcohol Abuse is Linked to Violence Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused substance in California. Alcohol is involved in two-thirds of murders and assaults according to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Alcoholic women are more likely to experience higher levels of spouse abuse.
Fifty per cent of adolescent suicides are under the influence of alcohol at the time of their death. In 1989, the beer, wine, and distilled spirits industry spent an estimated 111.3 million on billboard advertising in 1989. South Central Los Angeles has two and one half times the number of alcohol billboards than the Park La Brea Mid-Wilshire area. South Los Angeles has twice as many alcohol vendors as the entire state of Rhode Island. What Communities Are Doing Richmond, California activists gathered signatures for a ballot initiative to ban all tobacco and alcohol billboards within 2000 feet of a school.