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We design personalized treatment programs to provide each abuser with the greatest chance of a successful recovery outcome. Our comprehensive networking system works hand in hand with all of the drug treatment centers in Utah. At Drug Rehab Utah we know that each individual is unique and are treated as such. Deciding upon a treatment option in Utah, or anywhere can be a daunting task for any individual or family, we will guide you through each step of a comprehensive treatment plan for you or your loved one. We are determined in our mission, that every drug and/or alcohol abuser in Utah. that has a desire to change their life will be given a chance to recover from their addiction and we are dedicated to ensuring that they are given the opportunity to do so.
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We realize that each individual in Utah. is in a different financial situation and we will find treatment options for each individual regardless of their financial situation. No matter what your financial situation everyone will receive the treatment help they are looking for.
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Should alcohol be sold on Sunday in Utah?Alcohol sales are on the rise in Utah, and as sales — and sales tax revenues — increase, Utah County, Utah cities are increasingly finding themselves under pressure from business owners who want laws relaxed to allow sales on Sunday, and some city leaders who oppose those changes for moral reasons. In the past five years, combined beer and liquor sales statewide have increased nearly 50 percent, according to the Utah Taxpayers Association. Utah collected more than $26 million in beer and liquor taxes in the 2001-2002 fiscal year alone.
And with sales booming, more and more Utah County, Utah business are looking to get a piece of the financial pie.
In south Utah County, Utah, Payson and Springville -- both under pressure from businesses saying they were losing money -- relaxed their laws to allow Sunday sales of alcohol for the first time.
Saratoga Springs city councilwoman Lynette Hubbard said the city council agreed to repeal the Sunday sales law when Smith's opened recently -- despite her moral misgivings.
"I don't condone people drinking alcohol especially when it comes to abuse, especially when they get in a car and drive," she said. "The reason behind our thoughts is that if they want to get it they will get it. By our city council mandating that there will be no beer sales on Sunday, I don't think that will change anything. If there are no beer sales on Sunday, they will just buy it Monday through Saturday."
Other cities, however, have not budged. Lehi, whose businesses compete with Saratoga Springs, Utah considered allowing Sunday sales two years ago, but the effort died for lack of support. City councilman Johnny Barnes said the city has not reconsidered the decision, and declined to comment on why the city law does not allow Sunday sales.
Provo city, Utah spokesman Mike Mower said he knew of no effort under way in Provo to allow beer sales on Sunday.
"It is a long-standing policy that Provo has seen no reason to change," he said.
Stephen J. Allred, prevention program manager for the Utah County, Utah substance abuse program, said Utah County, Utah cities that allow alcohol to be sold on Sunday are not only encouraging drug and alcohol abuse in youth, but violence, delinquency, teenage pregnancy and school dropouts.
In a recent meeting on drug abuse in Spanish Fork sponsored by the Spanish Fork Police Department, Allred told those in attendance that Spanish Fork has done well not to follow the example of Springville and Payson.
"It is a law and a norm that is supportive of alcohol use," Allred said. "I wish those two cities would have asked some of the experts before they changed those laws because this is a big risk factor."
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, drinking behavior in youth can be influenced by social models of drinking behavior. But Gail Gleason Milgram, director of education and training for the New Jersey-based Center of Alcohol studies, said trying to determine whether or not allowing Sunday sales of beer would encourage underage drinking is almost impossible.
"I heartily support looking into how do we get across to young people that alcohol is a drug, and that it can have negative effects and put them in high-risk situations," she said. "I support looking into how do we get those messages across, because they are not getting across. I can certainly understand concerns that we are supporting more use, but I'm not sure that not having alcohol sales on Sunday gets the message across, because we have alcohol sales on Saturday. People can still buy on Saturday and drink on Sunday."
Payson Councilwoman Colleen Jacobson, who in November 2002 made the motion to repeal Payson's ban on Sunday sales of beer, said she believes the city made the right decision.
"It is a legal product," she said. "I think the only thing that encourages abuse of it is that it is for sale at all. I don't think that having beer for sale on Sunday as opposed to any other day is going to increase the chances for alcohol abuse."
Payson, Utah Police Chief Dee Rowland said allowing Sunday beer sales has not increased drunkenness or DUIs.
"It is a choice issue as to what day of the week you drink, and people are just going to go where they can buy the alcohol," he said.
To make sure youth do not have access to alcohol, Payson police regularly send youth into stores to make purchases, he said.
"We do alcohol buys," Rowland said. "We did so recently. We have 13 or 14 outlets in Payson, two of which sold to us, which tells us that yes, we have somewhat of a problem but it is certainly not related to the day of the week."
Payson city, Utah staff did not respond to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Daily Herald to provide information about which businesses were granted alcohol licenses. In an informal poll of 17 restaurants in the city, none said they served alcohol.
Springville, Utah Police Chief Scott Finlayson said underage drinking is illegal no matter what day of the week alcohol is sold.
"Youth have never been encouraged to drink," he said. "Whether you can buy alcohol on Sunday or not does not mean youth can drink."
When the city changed the law to allow alcohol sales on Sunday, it also changed the law that had allowed clerks in convenience stores that sell alcohol to be 18 years of age. Those clerks must now be 21 years old -- a move intended to discourage young clerks from selling alcohol to underage drinkers, he said.
"We do at least quarterly undercover alcohol buys and we've seen a decrease in the number of stores selling to youth," he said. "It is not uncommon to have zero violations."
Finlayson also said that state law allows taverns to sell alcohol on Sunday in any city in Utah, and cities do not have authority to change that law. To say that convenience stores and grocery stores can't sell alcohol on Sunday but taverns can is not fair, he said.
"If taverns call sell by the six-pack, then why not let convenience stores," he said.
Phil Bair, manager of Payson Market, said the store began selling alcohol on Sunday immediately after the city changed the law. He knows of no store in the city that had not started selling alcohol on Sunday since the law was changed. Sales have been significant enough to make it worthwhile, he said, though he did not release specific numbers.
"I think we've all wanted to sell beer from the get-go," he said.
An employee of Maverik Country Store in Springville who refused to give her name said the store had seen an increase in sales but did not release specific figures. Four other Springville convenience stores refused to comment. Tara Bigelow, manager of Gini's Corner Market in Payson, said that sales increases have been negligible since the store has been allowed to sell on Sunday.
Jerry Vincent, manager of the Saratoga Springs' Smith's, said the store sells 50 percent more beer on Sunday than any other day of the week. Carol Billings, manager of Saratoga Springs' Top Stop, said her store also has more beer sales on Sunday than other days.
Christy Kelsey, assistant manager of Maverik Country Store in Lehi, said the store did not get a lot of requests for beer sales on Sunday and did not feel that the store was losing business to Saratoga Springs because they can sell beer on Sunday.
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