It was the 1980s when SCRAM inventor and AMS Co-Founder Jeff Hawthorne began working on his vision to create the world’s very first transdermal alcohol testing system. Inspired by the death of a college friend who was killed by a five-time drunk driver, Jeff had the foresight to identify a compelling market need\u00a0for a\u00a0different way to\u00a0monitor drunk drivers. And he had the engineering savvy to make it a reality.<\/p>\n
He started it all in his basement and garage, ala Apple, HP, and Google. A decade later, Hollywood made his “little invention” a household name.<\/p>\n
While Jeff understood the need for courts to have a better monitoring technology, I’m not sure he fully realized the indelible mark his “headphone-style” anklet would make on the lives of the people sentenced to wear it. Make no mistake\u2014not everyone gives it glowing reviews. But we’ve heard from literally thousands of people who’ve worn his invention and believe it’s made\u00a0a positive\u00a0impact on their lives. In only\u00a0the first few months on the market we began to hear that clients were thanking judges for ordering them on the SCRAM Bracelet. And some were asking\u00a0if they could KEEP WEARING one, even after their court-required sentence was up.<\/p>\n