Cheng WJ, et al. - Researchers investigated the associations between drunk-driving policies and country-level drinking volumes and patterns in order to gain an understanding regarding how drinking behaviors influence national drunk-driving policymaking. They analyzed data for 194 countries from the WHO 2012 Global Information System on Alcohol and Health. Using average drinking volumes and patterns of drinking scores based on six attributes of risky drinking, country-level drinking behaviors were measured. Compared with penalties, mandatory treatment and preemptive measures were less commonly adopted. Drinking patterns were found to be associated with national drunk-driving policymaking. In countries with risky drinking patterns, accessible medical treatment and comprehensive preemptive measures should be advocated.